Overview
- Quantic Dream confirmed it closed its free-to-play title Spellcasters Chronicles and began an internal reorganisation that workers say puts roughly 115 jobs at risk.
- Studio employees and the French game union STJV staged a picket at Quantic Dream's Paris headquarters to protest the planned cuts and to press management to reassign affected staff to Star Wars Eclipse.
- Developers quoted to French outlet Gamekult said the planned redundancies would remove skills and manpower they consider essential and that, as things stand, Star Wars Eclipse "literally cannot be finished" if the cuts proceed.
- The strike reportedly coincided with a visit by Lucasfilm Games representatives to review Eclipse's progress, while NetEase—Quantic Dream's owner—has faced financial pressure after Spellcasters' failure and is the subject of unconfirmed reports it might sell the studio.
- If staff are not retained or reassigned, workers say the move will push more employees into overtime or chronic understaffing and could delay or end the High Republic-era game's development, leaving fans and partners with little public information about its timeline.