FIFA World Cup developer lays off 85% of staff just two months after launch

Refractor Games, the studio behind FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition, has laid off approximately 85% of its staff. The cuts came less than two months after the game's launch. It is one of the largest single rounds of layoffs seen in the video games industry recently.

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