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Digital Extremes, the publisher behind live service behemoth Warframe, has confirmed that it’s shutting down its publishing arm and will be handing control of Wayfinder back to developer Airship Syndicate.
These developments have led to an unknown number of employees being laid off, mainly from the company’s publishing and external projects wings, with Polygon reporting that, according to two sources, “at least 20 people were let go”. It’s now unclear whether Digital Extremes has any plans to publish external games like Wayfinder going forwards, though it definitely seems to be focusing its attention internally for now.
"We can confirm we have made the difficult decision to cease operations of our external projects division," a representative for the publisher said in a statement issued to PC Gamer, which seems to be similar to those revived by several other outlets. "We have had to say goodbye to a number of hardworking and highly valuable team members as a result and we're working with Airship to transition full control of Wayfinder to them in the coming months."
