"This Company Has Been Driven Into a Wall for Years" - Life Is Strange Studio Don't Nod Faces Unrest While Teetering on Insolvency
Employees say nearly all non-managerial jobs were cut and auditors warned the company could run out of cash as early as November.
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"This company has been driven into a wall for years" - Life is Strange studio Don't Nod faces unrest while teetering on insolvency
There's deep unrest at French studio Don't Nod - creator of Life is Strange, Remember Me, Vampyr, Banishers: New Eden, and most recently Aphelion - as it scrambles to restructure itself and guard against insolvency.
'They Do Not Care About the Damage It Deals to Employees' Health' Life Is Strange Developer Don't Nod Blasted by Union Workers Over 'Illegal' Management Practices As
An October 27 statement from employees of Don't Nod, the developer best known for making the original Life is Strange games, warn that the company is in danger of insolvency and layoffs, and accused its management of "illegal" practices that have caused staff "uncertainty and anxiety."
Darker clouds are gathering over Don't Nod, the studio known for Life is Strange. The team may not be able to complete its latest project. The information "Dark clouds over the creators of Life is Strange. Union officials speak of illegal layoffs" was published by GRYOnline.pl on October 28, 2026.
Life is Strange makers Don't Nod face layoffs and possible insolvency, French workers union STJV state
Le Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo, a French game workers union, have released a statement detailing the current status of Don't Nod, the studio behind Life is Strange and Lost Records: Bloom and Rage. The studio's fate has been precarious for some time, but STJV now say that the studio has announced ("to financial press before the employees, as has been its MO") that it is under a "safeguard procedure" to avoid complete insolvency du…
Don't Nod obtained on 19 October 2026 a safeguard procedure, with 9.9 million euros in cash, and in parallel prepares a social plan aimed at up to 85 posts in France. The STJV union accuses the management of using it to choose who leaves, person per person.
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