Overview
- Hjalmar Vikström announced on LinkedIn that he said goodbye to the Stockholm studio last week after helping found it in 2015 and serving as chief development officer.
- He wrote that making games is hard and the past years have taken their toll, adding that he plans to make much smaller projects and enjoy development again.
- Game Developer reports employee LinkedIn posts describing a recent restructure and layoffs at 10 Chambers, which the company has not confirmed; it would be the second round in two years after five roles were cut in February 2024.
- Vikström highlighted pride in GTFO’s path from a nine-person Early Access launch in 2019 to a 1.0 release in December 2021.
- The studio’s next project, Den of Wolves, showed new gameplay in December and has over half a million wishlists, but there is still no announced release date or public playtests.