The studio that created Greedfall is about to close down, 71 people will lose their jobs.

The game studio Spiders faces the risk of disappearing completely after a controversial liquidation decision, resulting in 71 employees losing their jobs in just the next few weeks.

Studio Spiders, the name behind popular games like GreedFall and Steelrising, is coming to an end after being ordered to liquidate effective April 29th, sparking a major controversy in the French gaming industry.

According to the STJV video game industry union, approximately 71 employees will lose their jobs in the coming weeks as the studio officially ceases to exist, directly impacting the income and career prospects of many veteran game developers.

The union alleges that Nacon, the parent company of Spiders, deliberately canceled internal projects, prolonged the process of signing new contracts, and prevented the studio from partnering with other distributors in order to save itself.

According to STJV, since being acquired by Nacon in 2019, Spiders has almost completely lost its autonomy and operates as a division that can be eliminated at any time at the discretion of senior management.

What is outrageous is that the union argues that even if Spiders were placed under court-ordered restructuring, Nacon would still have been able to keep the studio running but had shown no willingness whatsoever to save the business.

The disappearance of Spiders is considered a major loss to the French game development industry because it was one of the oldest studios still operating since 2008, and its final project, Mist, will never be released.

In addition to facing a financial crisis, Spiders had previously been embroiled in numerous workplace controversies, with employees staging strikes and publicly accusing management of ignoring serious internal issues since 2024.

This incident is becoming a wake-up call for the global gaming industry about profit pressures, unsustainable acquisition deals, and the risk that long-established creative studios could disappear with just one decision from their parent company.

Source: https://khoahocdoisong.vn/studio-tao-greedfall-sap-xoa-so-71-nguoi-mat-viec-post2149100745.html