Wayfinder is cut loose as Digital Extremes closes external projects division
Digital Extremes, the maker of Warframe, has closed its external projects division, laying off around 30 employees according to GamesIndustry.biz.
After a change at the top of the company in October 2023, which saw former Warframe creative director Steve Sinclair replace studio founder James Schmalz as CEO, it seems like an internal focus is being envisioned, leading to the publishing division getting cut.
Digital Extremes is struggling to make one of its games stick ever since releasing Warframe.
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This goes for the action MMO Wayfinder as well, which was launched into Early Access in August 2023 with middling success.
Digital Extremes won’t be supporting Wayfinder anymore, leaving the game in the hands of its developer, Airship Syndicate, which will have to take care of the title itself or find a new publisher to come aboard. According to a statement on the game’s official social media account, the studio will continue its development.
Warframe, which was released in 2013 and itself nearly failed to make an impact, has been the most successful release of the studio in recent memory. Any other development or publishing projects by Digital Extremes since then have gone awry.
Digital Extreme has another game of its own in development, which is called Soulframe.
