OtherSide Entertainment cuts 18 staff, team under 10

The developer OtherSide Entertainment has laid off 18 employees, a second major round of job cuts in just over a month that has reduced the studio's staff to fewer than 10 people. The Boston-based studio confirmed the layoffs this week, stating there are currently no plans to develop any future games.

The latest cuts follow the layoff of 17 employees in early June, which occurred after the cancellation of an in-development project codenamed Argos. A studio spokesperson cited a brutally challenging industry landscape that rendered that project unviable. Combined, the two rounds have eliminated at least 35 positions from a studio that previously employed nearly 50 developers.

The remaining skeleton crew is focused on maintaining the studio's recently released title, Thick as Thieves. The cooperative stealth game, published by Megabit Publishing, launched on PC in May. In a statement, the studio acknowledged an encouraging response to the game's launch but said its current path was no longer sustainable.

"OtherSide's DNA is built on immersive sim games that have lengthy development cycles," the spokesperson said. "This, unfortunately, has been an increasingly challenging space to...