"It sees myself and just over 80 people out of work at the worst time of year for it to happen." A QA designer said: "Free Radical Design was a hub of creativity, but sadly, we join an ever-growing list of casualties in a broken industry where entire studios are treated as replaceable cogs in a soulless machine fixated on nothing but share prices." For the past six months, Embracer has been carrying out a restructuring plan which has already seen some game studios closed and some projects cancelled. The company confirmed earlier this month that over 900 employees were let go during its second quarter ended in September. In the case of Free Radical, Plaion – the Embracer division which runs the studio – was required by UK employment law to consult employees for a minimum of 30 days before making any redundancies, including exploring ways of avoiding them. Since VGC's original report, some UK studios, such as nearby Splash Damage, have offered guaranteed interviews for any Free Radical Design employee.