Wild news from the industry this week - All of Annapurna Interactive has resigned.

I am all for teams banding together to fight for what’s right for themselves. Especially when it seems that the parent company feels no remorse and knows they can most likely replace everyone with a desperate applicant pool, telling partners that “the company will honor existing contracts and replace staff who have left.”

But something about this doesn’t sit well with me. It might be all fine and dandy for AI’s former President Nathan Gary, but the majority of the team walking out with him are taking a huge risk. Especially with another 650 people to compete with for jobs. I really hope he has some funding lined up to start a new studio and employ everyone that followed him out the door. Otherwise, the whole situation seems a bit irresponsible in light of the current state of the industry. Not a great time to try and play hard ball.

Best of luck to all those involved in the mass resignation.