IllFonic, the studio behind the dark fantasy sandbox Revival and one of several contributors to Star Citizen’s FPS module, has laid off six staff members, according to GI.biz.
The website confirmed details in a Facebook post from dedicated Star Citizen watchdog Derek Smart, and published a statement from IllFonic president Charles Brungardt. “We have laid off six members of our staff,” he explained. “Actually, only three of those were on the Star Citizen team. However, our work for Star Citizen on the FPS module is almost completed, so we are also reassigning more and more members of that team to other projects. Unfortunately we didn’t have room for all positions on our other projects and had to lay some people off, which is never an easy decision. We appreciate the opportunity we’ve been given to work on Star Citizen and we know the individuals affected will land on their feet as they were extremely talented which any team would be lucky to have them.”
