Phoenix Labs Conducts Major Layoffs, Raising Concerns for Dauntless and Fae Farm

Phoenix Labs, the Vancouver BC based studio behind Dauntless and Fae Farm, has laid off a majority of its workforce, casting uncertainty over the future of both games. The studio announced the cuts in a LinkedIn post earlier today, calling the move “tough but necessary,” though it did not specify how many employees were affected or what the restructuring means [...]

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Phoenix Labs Suffers Layoffs And Multiple Game Cancellations Amid Company Restructuring

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Phoenix Labs, the developer behind popular free-to-play action RPG Dauntless, has faced recent controversy following reports of layoffs and game cancellations. The company had previously boasted a slate of nearly 10 new games in various stages of development, from science fiction to fantasy and everything in between, but it appears that some of these projects have been cancelled or delayed. [...]

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Dauntless Studio Phoenix Labs Secures Investment To Buy Itself Out From Garena

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Phoenix Labs has taken its first step towards emancipation after having secured an investment that has allowed the Dauntless developer to buy itself out from Garena, the game development and publishing division of Singapore-based internet company Sea Limited. Garena acquired Phoenix Labs in 2020 for $150 million following the extremely successful launch of its free-to-play monster-slaying game Dauntless which transitioned [...]

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Dauntless Studio Phoenix Labs Says They Have ‘Close To 10 Projects” In Development

Canadian video game developer, Phoenix Labs, is mostly known as the studio behind the popular monster-slaying game, Dauntless. What we didn’t know is that the studio already has several new tiles in the works ranging from early research and development to actual production. The studio teased “close to 10 projects” spanning various themes and genres. “As we considered the options [...]

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Dauntless Open Beta Begins May 24

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Phoenix Labs, the studio behind co-op action RPG Dauntless, announced that the game will enter Open Beta testing on May 24. Over 100,000 players have taken part in the game's ongoing Closed Beta and 700,000 have signed up for the upcoming open beta. Dauntless is heavily inspired by Capcom's Monster Hunter franchise and will beat the PC version of Monster [...]

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Dauntless

Dauntless is a free-to-play co-op ARPG where players hunt monstrous beasts called Behemoths to prevent the destruction of the world. Join arms with up to four people, and defeat Behemoths for various rewards. [singlepic id=71025 w=428 h=240 float=center] Publisher: Phoenix Labs Playerbase: High Type: Third Person Action RPG Release Date: August 18, 2017 (May 24, 2018 OBT) Pros: +Extensive weapon [...]

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