10:10 Video games, a studio based mostly in Warrington, England, has laid off workers, based on sources quoted Insider Gaming, as a consequence of its first launch being a “full business and significant failure”.
Funko Fusion was an try to catch the lightning in a bottle of the Lego video games, solely as a substitute of the appeal of Lego they have been working with the dead-eyed horror of Funko Pops. Nonetheless, they’d characters from well-liked properties like Group Fortress 2, Mega Man, Again to the Future, The Strolling Lifeless, and Scott Pilgrim to place by way of themed smash-and-grab collectible hunt ranges, and it isn’t like anybody can clarify the success of Funko Pop. Perhaps it may have labored?
It did not, nevertheless, ending up with an OpenCritic score of 53, and sitting at a Combined score on Steam with 68% optimistic consumer critiques.
Insider Gaming’s sources stated that efficiency of Funko Fusion was so poor that makes an attempt to get funding for a number of follow-up initiatives failed, resulting in workers being laid off as a result of there “is not sufficient work to offer the entire crew”. Earlier than the layoffs have been introduced, workers have been inspired to make use of up their trip time, leading to a number of of them discovering they’d been let go whereas abroad on vacation. They have been nonetheless anticipated to make it to session conferences, regardless of being in numerous time zones.
“Administration appeared very eager to wrap up the method rapidly,” a supply informed Insider Gaming, “and regardless of saying that they have been totally open to recommendations and suggestions, none of it has been taken on board”.
