Bossa Studios Lays Off One-Third of Staff Amid Industry Challenges

The UK-based game developer cites a 'perfect storm of events' including increased competition, rising costs, and delayed funding as reasons for the layoffs.

Bossa Studios, the UK-based developer of games including Surgeon Simulator and I Am Bread, has laid off 19 people, which represents about one-third of its total staff.
The layoffs were mainly among QA and production staff, and employees outside the UK.
Bossa Studios co-founder Henrique Olifiers attributed the layoffs to a 'perfect storm of events' including the launch of numerous big-budget games in the final quarter of 2023, increased operating costs, and delayed funding for new games.
The studio is now focusing all its efforts on Lost Skies, an open-world co-op survival game for 1-6 players, announced in May 2023.
The layoffs at Bossa Studios continue a trend of job losses in the gaming industry, with estimates suggesting more than 10,000 people around the world lost their jobs in the past year.