Company Behavior Interactivewhich is behind the successful multiplayer event Dead by Daylightas part of several strategic structural changes, announced a plan to lay off approximately 7% of its workforce.
That means some 95 people out of more than 1,300. Most of those affected are said to be from the branch in Montreal, Canada. Since the structural changes, at Behavior Interactive they promise to focus on the strengths that they are horror gamesproduction talent and providing services to development partners.
It should be mentioned that Behavior Interactive, following the example of other game companies, has significantly recruited employees in recent years. Over the past five years, the number has increased from 575 to 1,300. All at a time when the gaming industry has grown significantly, but so has the competition. Last year, the company laid off 45 people.
The multiplayer action survival title Dead by Daylight saw the light of day in the summer of 2016. Since then it has attracted more than 60 million players. This world will expand with a single-player horror game this year The Casting of Frank Stone. It is being prepared by Supermassive Games in collaboration with Behaviour, where the acclaimed Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures Anthology series were created.