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Auroch Digital has issued no further statement, and users on X are asking why the announcement was removed.","whyItMatters":"With the announcement pulled, the studio's own account of the cuts survives only in user screenshots and overseas reports, and the reason it gave for them is no longer on the record from Auroch Digital itself.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAuroch Digital\u0026#39;s deleted message asked companies that are recruiting to consider its staff, describing them as experienced across genres from indie shooters to co-development of AAA titles. The same message said current harsh market trends had affected the studio and that it had decided to restructure in order to navigate the game industry. Screenshots left by users and overseas media reports put the number affected at about one-quarter of employees. Hours after the posts went up on X and LinkedIn, all of them were removed, and questions on X about the deletion have gone unanswered by the studio.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Auroch Digital announced on October 27 that it was cutting about a quarter of its staff, then deleted the posts hours later. The Boltgun and Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! developer had asked other companies to hire the affected staff. No statement since.","twitterPost":"Auroch Digital said on October 27 it was cutting about a quarter of its staff, then deleted the posts hours later. The Boltgun developer had asked other studios to hire the affected people. No further statement from the studio so far.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Auroch Digital announced layoffs affecting about a quarter of its staff on October 27, then removed the posts from X and LinkedIn several hours later. The studio asked other companies to consider hiring the affected employees, citing their range from indie shooters to AAA co-development. 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