Dauntless was also influenced by Dark Souls and World of Warcraft. It was heavily inspired, as well as frequently compared to, Capcom's Monster Hunter series, which can see hundreds of hours put into a game by a player the developers themselves have over a collective 6000 hours in various Monster Hunter titles. While a small studio compared to the AAA studios they left, Houston said that they are positioned in a way to offer "a new, unique approach to crafting AAA experiences". Phoenix Labs was formed by former Riot Games developers Jesse Houston, Sean Bender and Robin Mayne, and as of January 2017 includes 40 developers formerly from BioWare, Blizzard Entertainment, and Capcom. The game can be played both as single-player, cooperatively in a party of up to four or in public cooperative instances of up to six people. Such hunts can take upwards of twenty minutes of in-game time to complete. While hunting, the game plays as a third-person action game the player uses a combo system to attack the creature, while monitoring their own health and stamina gauge. Players take on the role of Slayers to take down Behemoths, collecting loot that they use to craft and upgrade weapons and equipment as to take down larger and more powerful Behemoths. Versions for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S were released on December 2, 2021.ĭauntless takes place in a fantasy setting, where a cataclysmic event has torn the world apart, releasing monstrous creatures known as Behemoths that prey on the surviving humans. A Nintendo Switch version was released on December 10, 2019. An early access version launched on for PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, including full support for cross-platform play, and was fully released for those platforms on September 26, 2019. The game initially launched in beta in May 2018 for Microsoft Windows. The company is also still supporting free-to-play role-playing game Dauntless, which was originally released in 2019.Ĭorrection: This story originally incorrectly stated the number of games in development, which has been changed from 30 games to 10 games.Dauntless is a free-to-play action role-playing video game developed by Phoenix Labs and published and distributed by Epic Games. Fae Farm, a co-op farming game, is expected out in 2023. Phoenix Labs has not announced its new projects, but noted they have a “wide range” in style and genre. ![]() In addition to severance and benefits coverage extensions, we’ve offered assistance for job placement in an effort to ease transition for all affected employees.” In total, 9% of our total employees have been affected, including some out of Montreal and some working remotely in the United States. “While we succeeded in reassigning many people, there were cases where we had to part ways with some talented folks. “As part of the reorganization, we worked diligently to find new assignments for as many employees as possible,” a Phoenix Labs representative said. Phoenix Labs has employees in both the United States and Canada. LinkedIn lists Phoenix Labs’ employee base at 308 people, suggesting roughly 30 people were impacted by the layoff. Phoenix Labs declined to share exactly how many people are impacted by the layoff, nor would it confirm how many people it employs. Phoenix Labs previously said it had 10 titles in different stages of development, and announced that Dauntless reached 30 million players. Management, backed by investors, bought Phoenix Labs from Garena in February 2023 to take the company private, according to Venture Beat. ![]() ![]() It comes months after the company was spun out of Singapore-based Garena, which acquired the studio in January 2020. The layoffs were announced internally last week several employees tweeted about the layoffs. Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs has laid off 9% of the studio, the company confirmed to Polygon Monday.
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