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News - Remaining Lab Zero staff laid off following dev exodus - xSicKxBot - 09-09-2020
Remaining Lab Zero staff laid off following dev exodus
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/remaining-lab-zero-staff-laid-off-following-dev-exodus.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p><em>Skullgirls</em> developer Lab Zero has laid off the remainder of its staff shortly after many members of the team departed the studio over issues with its owner Mike Zaimont.</p>
<p><a href="https://kotaku.com/skullgirls-developer-lays-off-everyone-who-hadnt-alread-1844948877">According to Kotaku</a>, roughly 11 developers remained at Lab Zero following the voluntary exodus but were informed on August 25 that the studio no longer had the funds to fund payroll.</p>
<p>“We are exploring all funding options in hopes of bringing those team members back, but right now that’s the reality,” reads a portion of Zaimont’s full statement published by Kotaku.</p>
<p><em>Indivisible c</em>reative director Mariel Cartwright, a voluntary Lab Zero departure, started <a href="https://twitter.com/kinucakes/status/1301233538096791552">selling off sketchbooks</a> to raise money for impacted Lab Zero earlier this week, prompting Jonathan Kim, an artist among last week’s voluntary departures, to <a href="https://twitter.com/personasama/status/1301237982532231168">reveal via tweet </a>that the remaining Lab Zero staff had been laid off (seemingly without severance).</p>
<p>Several prominent developers, including Kim and Cartwright, published statements last week announcing their departure from the studio and pinning the blame on <a href="https://gamasutra.com/view/news/368771/Devs_exiting_Lab_Zero_Games_blame_owners_persistent_pattern_of_misconduct.php">what they described as problematic behavior and a lack of accountability from Zaimont</a>.</p>
<p>Shortly after those departures, <em>Skullgirls</em> IP holder Autumn Games and <em>Skullgirls</em> mobile developer Hidden Variable <a href="https://twitter.com/sgmobile/status/1298105337593991168">announced</a> that they would no longer work with Lab Zero itself over the accusations, but would continue to support the games through cooperation with the departing members of Lab Zero’s <em>Skullgirls</em> team. </p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/09/04/remaining-lab-zero-staff-laid-off-following-dev-exodus/