"Across the industry, we don't think enough about how we match the scope to what we're making" – Mike Bithell on why the world needs an im-slim

"Across the industry, we don't think enough about how we match the scope to what we're making" – Mike Bithell on why the world needs an im-slim After the layoffs of last year, Bithell Games is taking a sensible approach to immersive sims with Vampirium 1997 2025 was a very bad year for Mike Bithell. In August, he announced that the majority of full-time staff were being let go from Bithell Games, with 11 jobs being made redundant. Bithell rose to prominence as one of the wave of outspoken indie creators in the early 2010s, releasing his breakout hit Thomas Was Alone in 2012. But then Bithell Games started to take on bigger, licensed properties, beginning with John Wick Hex in 2019 and followed by a collaboration with Disney on Tron: Identity and Tron: Catalyst, released in 2023 and 2025, respectively.