--- title: Auroch Digital lays off a quarter of its staff | daily.dev description: Auroch Digital has laid off approximately a quarter of its staff. The Bristol-based studio, which employs between 51-200 people, said it has begun a redundancy... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/auroch-digital-lays-off-a-quarter-of-its-staff-5yvfqhjsi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Auroch Digital lays off a quarter of its staff | daily.dev og:description: Auroch Digital has laid off approximately a quarter of its staff. The Bristol-based studio, which employs between 51-200 people, said it has begun a redundancy... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/auroch-digital-lays-off-a-quarter-of-its-staff-5yvfqhjsi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5yVFqHJSi.png og:image:alt: Auroch Digital lays off a quarter of its staff og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Auroch Digital lays off a quarter of its staff **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Auroch Digital has laid off approximately a quarter of its staff. The Bristol-based studio, which employs between 51-200 people, said it has begun a redundancy consultation process citing the same market conditions affecting other developers. It pointed to recent games Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 and Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! as creative successes despite the cuts. Auroch was acquired by Sumo Group for $8.3m in 2021. The news follows layoffs at Fishlabs and BioWare's closure after more than 30 years. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why is Auroch Digital laying off staff? Auroch Digital cited the same difficult market conditions affecting many other game developers, leading it to restructure the studio. The redundancy consultation process affects around a quarter of roles at the Bristol-based studio, which has 51-200 employees and was acquired by Sumo Group for $8.3m in 2021. The cuts came despite well-received releases like Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 and Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!. _Developers tracking industry stability trends can follow studio layoff news like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [MechWarrior dev Piranha Games lays off 30% of staff, says CEO](https://daily.dev/posts/mechwarrior-dev-piranha-games-lays-off-30-of-staff-says-ceo-x5eqjwmcg) · Game Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Azra Games lays off staff two years after raising $42 million](https://daily.dev/posts/azra-games-lays-off-staff-two-years-after-raising-42-million-e4tbceocd) · Game Developer · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Coatsink to lay off half its staff due to "challenging co-development market"](https://daily.dev/posts/coatsink-to-lay-off-half-its-staff-due-to-challenging-co-development-market--vbb7h7x04) · GamesIndustry.biz · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Outsourcing studio Atomhawk closes Canadian branch](https://daily.dev/posts/outsourcing-studio-atomhawk-closes-canadian-branch-ljvfrxk5n) · Game Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/auroch-digital-lays-off-a-quarter-of-its-staff-5yvfqhjsi) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Auroch Digital lays off a quarter of its staff","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/auroch-digital-lays-off-a-quarter-of-its-staff-5yvfqhjsi","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/auroch-digital-lays-off-a-quarter-of-its-staff-5yvfqhjsi"},"datePublished":"2026-10-26T18:24:55.530Z","dateModified":"2026-10-26T18:53:31.772Z","description":"Auroch Digital has laid off approximately a quarter of its staff. 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