Don’t Nod admits “challenging times” as “reorganisation project” puts up to 69 jobs at risk

Do not Nod is “reorganising”, placing as much as 69 jobs in danger.

In its newest financials, the French studio acknowledged the “affect this mission might have on all our staff,” however insisted “securing our firm’s sources and restoring its capability to carry out extra in an more and more aggressive and selective business is extraordinarily essential.”

“Amid deteriorating outcomes, and regardless of the actions already taken, the corporate is now compelled to contemplate a reorganisation mission to safeguard its competitiveness in an more and more demanding and aggressive ecosystem,” the studio defined.

“This mission may affect Do not Nod workforce in France and will have an effect on as much as 69 jobs. An preliminary trade befell right this moment with the worker consultant our bodies, and an information-consultation course of with these similar our bodies will subsequently be initiated concerning this mission.”

The mission – which Do not Nod as soon as once more harassed was “prone to affect” its workforce – seeks to “rationalise the variety of the corporate manufacturing traces, strengthen the function of the editorial committee to higher meet market expectations, restore extra organisational agility, align applied sciences for higher effectivity, and safe the corporate’s financing.”

“Our half-year outcomes for 2024 mirror the financial underperformance of our newest launch, regardless of stable rankings on Metacritic, in addition to the accounting affect of the choices we needed to take,” stated Oskar Guilbert, Do not Nod chair and CEO.

“The preliminary efficiency help measures introduced final spring now not appear ample to keep up the corporate’s competitiveness.

“Consequently, right this moment we introduced a reorganisation mission to the worker consultant our bodies, which may set Do not Nod on a brand new growth trajectory. I’m absolutely aware of the affect this mission might have on all our staff. Securing our firm’s sources and restoring its capability to carry out extra in an more and more aggressive and selective business is extraordinarily essential.”

In right this moment’s assertion, Do not Nod insisted “administration is dedicated to fostering dialogue with worker representatives, with the purpose of reaching agreements on accompanying social measures, together with the potential of a voluntary redundancy plan, ought to the mission be adopted.”

It additionally confirmed that “in these difficult instances”, Do not Nod will proceed growing Misplaced Information: Bloom & Rage, and unannounced initiatives P10 and P14 (scheduled for launch earlier than the top of 2027).