![An image showing nine cubes with simple people silhouettes on, while around them, red cubes with scissor images on close in. It's an image that's meant to represent layoffs.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/layoffs_SwITSw8.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Total War developer Creative Assembly refocusing on strategy games after Hyenas failure
Sega says studio "good at offline games in the RTS genre".
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Feature | You can't talk about 2023 in games without talking about layoffs
A deep cut.
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Hyenas developers share frustration at how Sega's biggest budget "metaphorical turd" was mishandled
Following leak of Neil Blomkamp's "mood video".
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Newscast | Why are there so many games industry layoffs?
Looking at recent examples and wider trends.
![An image showing nine cubes with simple people silhouettes on, while around them, red cubes with scissor images on close in. It's an image that's meant to represent layoffs.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/layoffs_SwITSw8.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Hyenas screenshot shows a character from the game flying through the air after an explosion erupts behind them.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hyenas_Ol5zPNe.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Total War developer Creative Assembly refocusing on strategy games after Hyenas failure
![Three characters looking down at the camera. They are clad in extraordinary costumes. One has what looks like a virtual reality headset on and homemade baseball armour. One is a lady bearing her cleavage in what appears to be a sci-fi costume from the 70s. And one has a kind of spacesuit on and is holding a gun.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hyenas_preview.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Hyenas developers share frustration at how Sega's biggest budget "metaphorical turd" was mishandled
![Why are there so many games industry layoffs?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/eg21_podcast_cover_newscast_1920x1080px_aw.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Newscast | Why are there so many games industry layoffs?
![Hyenas screenshot shows a character from the game flying through the air after an explosion erupts behind them.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hyenas_Ol5zPNe.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Cancelled loot shooter Hyenas allegedly "Sega's biggest budget game ever", new report claims
![A headshot of Sony's Jim Ryan. He's wearing a light blue shirt and smiling.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/jimryan_headshot.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Hyenas characters in zero G](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hyenas.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Creative Assembly responds to news of Hyenas' cancellation
![Three characters looking down at the camera. They are clad in extraordinary costumes. One has what looks like a virtual reality headset on and homemade baseball armour. One is a lady bearing her cleavage in what appears to be a sci-fi costume from the 70s. And one has a kind of spacesuit on and is holding a gun.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hyenas_preview.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![A character falling through a window-like shaft after another character, holding in a gun in one hand while the other is splayed as if bracing for impact.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hyenas_Gamescom-1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Hyenas developers discuss Sega's claim it's been a "challenging title"
![Three characters looking down at the camera. They are clad in extraordinary costumes. One has what looks like a virtual reality headset on and homemade baseball armour. One is a lady bearing her cleavage in what appears to be a sci-fi costume from the 70s. And one has a kind of spacesuit on and is holding a gun.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hyenas_preview.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Sega dubs Hyenas development "challenging"
![A Hyenas screenshot showing hero characters in battle.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Face_Off.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Multiplayer shooter Hyenas' new specialist is a Sonic cosplayer](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/download_iwBbeZ1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Multiplayer shooter Hyenas' new specialist is a Sonic cosplayer
![A tattooed and very dark-eyed lady lying on the floor, holding - and looking up at - a toy soldier.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hyenas_gamescom_title.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Preview | Creative Assembly's Hyenas makes more sense now we've seen it in action
![Total War, Hyenas developer Creative Assembly announces new "action project"](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hyenas_SpfDu8t.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Total War, Hyenas developer Creative Assembly announces new "action project"
![Hyenas characters in zero G](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hyenas.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)