Publisher of Royal Revolt and Nonstop Knight laid off 45 employees
The stories of layoffs in the industry continue. Next in line is the German developer and publisher Flaregames. During the restructuring, the company says goodbye to 45 employees, and also loses its CEO.
This became known yesterday, November 12, from the official address of the founder and former CEO of the company Klaas Kersting (Klaas Kersting).
The cuts are explained by a change in the company’s structure. The reason for the changes is the insufficiently high financial performance of the latest Flaregames games. However, Klaas insists that the released novelties are still successful.
Founder of Flaregames
The restructuring will affect both the publishing business and internal development.
Flaregames will continue to engage in publishing, share expertise, assist in operating and promotion. However, as part of publishing support, it will no longer contain service teams that previously sought to cover all possible needs of developers. Actually, these teams have come under the knife.
As for the internal restructuring, Flaregames is creating a division within its framework, which will include studios belonging to it (in particular, Frankfurt-based Keen Flare and Tampere-based Kopla Games). As far as it can be understood from Klaas’ letter, the company will direct its main efforts to them.
In connection with the changes, Kersting resigned from his position as CEO of Flaregames. But he’s not leaving the company. It’s just that now he will not be engaged in publishing, but primarily in the work of a new division and investment issues related to internal development.
The new CEO of Flaregames becomes Todd English, who previously held the post of head of the studio in the company. Before that, he worked at PopCap for a long time.
Flaregames is based in Germany. Its central office is located in Karlsruhe (it is in the south of the country, near Baden-Baden and less than a hundred kilometers from Strasbourg). The company is known primarily for the Royal Revolt series of games and as the publisher of Nonstop Knight. One of her last notable projects is Super Spell Heroes.
The company had 400 employees before the dismissal. At the same time, its monthly revenue from IAP is about $ 500 thousand (excluding advertising).
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