Airship Syndicate News

Wayfinder Studio Airship Syndicate Lays Off 12 Of Its Staff While Its Top Brass Take Pay Cuts

February 2, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Wayfinder developer and now-publisher Airship Syndicate is the latest video game company to be hit with layoffs. According to Polygon’s Nicole Carpenter, the studio recently laid off 12 of its employees, the scope of which is still unclear, while Airship Syndicate president Ryan Stefanelli and CEO Joe Madureira will be taking pay cuts as part of the studio’s cost-cutting efforts [...]

Airship Syndicate Suffers Layoffs As It Gains Full Control Of Wayfinder

November 10, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

Airship Syndicate is the latest studio to be hit with layoffs this year as Tencent-subsidiary and Warfame developer Digital Extremes ends support for their external teams. Anonymous sources revealed that at least 20 employees were laid off from Airship Syndicate and Digital Extremes’ other third-party projects. “We can confirm we have made the difficult decision to cease operations of our [...]