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Report: Camelot Unchained Developer Unchained Entertainment Cuts Nearly Half Its Workforce

Emilien Lecoffre Posted:
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Camelot Unchained's developer, Unchained Entertainment, has reportedly been hit with layoffs, with seemingly almost half of the employees let go. As reported by our friends at MassivelyOP, The ex-cofounder, Andrew Meggs, who departed from the company in 2022 to join Meta, published on LinkedIn that "roughly 24 out of 55 people" got the pink slip in a situation he described as "the recurring game industry grinder of funding and project changes."

Meggs praised the departed members for their skills by terming them every bit of the company's culture and even quoted himself as the one who once "set a high bar on hiring." Meggs expressed that any one of those affected would be talent he'd be willing to hire again, and notes that there might be spots opening on his team at Meta "soon."

Began with a Kickstarter campaign in 2013, Camelot Unchained has gone through a long and hard development, dotted with the opening of a second studio and the release of their second project, Final Stand: Ragnarok. The latter had a hard time gathering players (to say the least), hitting a peak of only 42 simultaneous players. The situation calls into question the company’s capability to stick to the schedule on the Camelot Unchained project, presumably due at the end of 2025.

Unchained Entertainment, which apparently prefers to showcase its new CU UI, has yet to make an official statement. Still, the situation inevitably leads to questions among fans and backers about the studio's future. The situation will be followed up in other news if we get more information, including any comments from Mark Jacobs or Unchained Entertainment.


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Emilien Lecoffre

Emilien 'Nephistos' has been immersed in MMOs since his early teens on Dofus. Over the past years, he also has been sharing his insights on JeuxOnline, a major French-language MMO sites. While he keeps a keen eye on all market offerings, his true passion lies in RvR and mass PvP.