The launch of New Super Lucky’s Tale for Nintendo Switch It was very well received by critics and users from all over the world. It seemed that the study Playful studios I was in a wonderful moment, but sometimes incomprehensible things happen despite the success of a game.
As communicated by her own Playful studiosThey have had to fire a large part of their employees full time immediately. The founders of the study, Paul Bettner and Katy Drake Bettner
These people have poured their hearts into every game that Playful has designed. They have supported each and every one of us every step of the way and, really, have made this study what it is today.
We have created and sent multiple titles on a wide range of platforms to millions of players around the world, and we are incredibly proud of the work our teams have done along the way. During this time, important risks have been taken to improve our study, we have dared to dream big and we have worked hard to find incredible opportunities together with our friends.
Due to what happened, the future of Playful, according to the founders, will focus on the development and production of titles using a more simplified production model.
Continuous changes in the global video game market require Playful to develop a change in the approach to the development and production of our current and future projects. The study will focus on a more streamlined production model based on the development of distributed games and dynamic project-based teams.
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