It looks like the video game company layoffs aren't coming to an end soon. Telltale Games is the latest studio to initiate job cuts citing unfavorable market conditions.
The layoffs started circulating online when Jonah Huang, a cinematic artist at the studio, shared tweets claiming that the studio had let go "most" of its staff in September. The developer shared that he could not comment on the status of The Wolf Among Us 2 as he was under a non-disclosure agreement.
"This is a sore subject, but I feel it necessary to add to the gaming layoff news: Telltale laid most of us off early September. Status of TWAU2, I can't say (NDA)," Huang tweeted. "Now, I focus on what matters to me—my own game, and the following words: Games industry, we must UNIONIZE."
It is the second time that Huang has been let go by Telltale Games. In 2018, the artist was also with Telltale Games when the studio let go of a majority of its employees, leaving a skeleton crew before totally shutting down on October 11 in the same year. Five years later, Huang finds himself in a similar situation but shares that he got a better deal this time: "Telltale gave me a good deal this time around, but still, it ended the same way most jobs in games end: a layoff, not a retirement. I ask my fellow game devs to fight for better."