Peter Molyneux's 22Cans hit with layoffs Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Peter Molyneux's 22Cans hit with layoffs Studio insists development continues. News by Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editorial Director Updated on 17 Dec 2021 26 comments Peter Molyneux's 22Cans studio has suffered a round of layoffs. As first reported by GamesIndustry.biz, the Guildford studio made an undisclosed number of staff redundant recently. In a statement issued to Eurogamer, 22cans insisted development continues at the studio despite the layoffs. "Unfortunately, due to a number of factors including projects reaching a certain stage in their development, we can confirm that a number of roles at 22cans have been made redundant," 22cans said. "Development at the studio is continuing however." Eurogamer was told management will try to help staff affected find roles elsewhere in the industry. Watch on YouTube 22cans was founded in 2012 by Molyneux after he left Microsoft. Experimental mobile game Curiosity: What's Inside the Cube? launched soon after, although it was met with controversy over a broken promise to make its winner a "digital god" and pay a portion of money made by the game. Controversial god sim Godus raised £450,000 on Kickstarter before launching in early access form in September 2013. It has yet to leave early access. The Trail: Frontier Challenge followed in August 2017, published by Kongregate. Workshop-tinkering industrialist sim Legacy was announced in February 2019, but we've heard little about it since. It's inspired by Molyneux's first-ever game, The Entrepreneur - a sim released in 1984 about growing a business. Legacy fleshes out that early idea, initially casting players as small-time inventors squirrelled away in a garage workshop. It's still without a release date. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 Atari will hold RollerCoaster Tycoon rights for another decade Ups and downs. 7 Lady Dimitrescu will be a tad smaller in Resident Evil Village's Mercenaries DLC Level the playing field. 1 Overwatch 2 suffers another DDoS attack and character roster bugs Mei Mei. 13 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store