Funcom cuts staff and names Scott Junior CEO as Dune: Awakening moves to post-launch support
- Funcom is cutting staff as it shifts Dune: Awakening from full production to post-launch support, following a similar layoff round shortly after the PC release.
- Scott Junior, a 25-year Funcom veteran who was Executive Producer on Dune: Awakening, replaces Rui Casais as CEO, and Casais leaves at the end of the year after 11 years in the role.
- Funcom says it cannot sustain the headcount it needed during peak development and will focus on the long-term operation of Dune: Awakening and Conan Exiles.
- The company will not share further details on the layoffs until the process concludes.