June’s Journey maker Wooga has completed another round of layoffs.
When contacted, a Wooga spokesperson confirmed there had been a staff reduction but refused to clarify how many staff were affected, why the cuts were being made or offer a statement.
But according to a flurry of LinkedIn posts in the last past week, it seems there have been around a dozen jobs cut at the Berlin-based studio across design, art, QA and other administrative positions.
One former Wooga staffer also hit out at the “abysmal management decisions” made by studio bosses and parent company Playtika in the last year.
As we reported on Monday, Playtika now considers itself a casual game-maker, and Wooga’s June’s Journey is one of its top performers. The hidden object game earned $76m in revenue in the last financial quarter, up 10.4% year-on-year.
Wooga’s other live titles seem to be winding down, though. Pearl’s Peril earned an estimated ~$140k in the last 30 days, according to Appmagic estimates, while legacy releases Tropicats and Jelly Splash earned a negligible amount in the same period.
Wooga’s last few launches have seen mixed fortunes. Appmagic estimates suggest magic-themed match 3 Switchcraft, launched in late 2021, earned around $3.2m before being closed within a year of launch.
Hidden object game Ghost Detective was launched via Netflix in 2023 and continues to operate on the service, while Claire’s Chronicles: Solitaire was cancelled in soft launch around this time last year, which also led to a round of layoffs. Once again, Wooga and Playtika would not confirm the number of staff affected when asked.
