FuturLab cuts staff after cancelling non-Powerwash Simulator title Report claims employees were instructed not to use the term "redundancy" and refer to those affected as "the leavers" FuturLab has laid off seven employees following the cancellation of a project unrelated to PowerWash Simulator. CEO Kirsty Rigden confirmed in a statement to This Week in Video Games that it cancelled the project "while in pre-production, as it would have cost us more than it was projected to make. Continuing with it wouldn't have been a sensible decision." Rigden said FuturLab is "fully committed to making [PowerWash Simulator 2] the best game it can be, while prototyping new ideas for future games, [and] this has meant looking at our future plans and requirements for the studio." She continued: "This is awful as these are people who are super talented and many of whom have been with us a long time, and I really really appreciate them. This was not an easy or quick decision to make, but by making difficult decisions early we protect FuturLab in the future." When asked whether FuturLab could confirm if the employees were let go through redundancy, Rigden was "unable to divulge any further details about a confidential and legally binding process." Anonymous sources told This Week in Video Games that Rigden announced the project's cancellation in late June.
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