Shocking layoffs at indie publisher Humble Games will have “no impact” on its sister digital games store Humble Bundle, the company said today.
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Humble Games laid off all 36 of its employees on July 23. While this may seem like the end for the coveted indie publishing label, Humble calls it a "necessary decision to restructure our operations." Humble's corporate jargon on X purposefully avoids mentioning the company's plan for remaining projects. According to the recording of the management meeting (courtesy of Aftermath), an outside firm called The Powell Group will take over the current games in Humble's publishing pipeline.
In these challenging economic times for indie game publishing, Humble Games has made the difficult but necessary decision to restructure our operations. This decision was not taken lightly; it required much deliberation and careful consideration, with the goal of ensuring the stability…
As for what’s happening with the Humble Bundle subsidiary, an official tweet confirmed: “The restructuring of operations at Humble Games will not impact operations at Humble Bundle.” They’ve operated as separate entities for a while, so it makes sense that things will be business as usual for the charity-focused store, at least for now.
