Imran Khan,
Contributing Editor,GameDeveloper.com
November 12, 2026
schedule2 Min Read
Tripwire Interactive, the Georgia-based developer and publisher behind the Killing Floor and Maneater series, has announced that the company is making 36 jobs redundant, shortly after having just announced a new publishing initiative for smaller games.
The Embracer-owned studio confirmed the layoffs on X (formerly Twitter) in a statement, reiterating that the studio is continuing work on Maneater 2 and Killing Floor 3, the latter releasing last year but struggling to match its predecessor’s numbers. The news comes just days after the company announced Tripwire Presents, an initiative that scales publishing duties for smaller games. It is unclear if that initiative was announced with knowledge of impending layoffs, though Tripwire laid off 23 jobs earlier this year as part of a restructuring plan.
Tripwire co-founder and former CEO John Gibsonweighed in on this news in response to a post by game consultant Iain Garner, disagreeing with the Garner’s proposed notion that Killing Floor 3 was to blame. “This wasn’t the issue, it was that woke leftists got me, the CEO, key leader and creative force ousted and the company forced to be sold,” Gibson said,
