League of Geeks games studio lays off half its workforce, 'indefinitely pauses' production on Jumplight Odyssey

One of Australia's largest independent video game developers, League of Geeks, has made half its studio redundant and "indefinitely paused" production on spaceship adventure simulation Jumplight Odyssey. Key points: Melbourne's League of Geeks has laid off 31 staff, about half of its workforce It's one of the largest layoffs to hit the Australian gaming industry in 2023 Jumplight Odyssey's development will be "paused indefinitely" after one more update League of Geeks publicly announced the layoffs this morning. But shortly after League of Geeks' showing during video game convention PAX and at Sydney's SXSW festival, Mr Kusters said he saw "essentially every single cent of money" pulled off the table. It's a disappointing end for Ms Croft who says she loved working with the founders and studio directors at League of Geeks and they were "doing so many things right".