American McGee's Spicy Horse Studio Suffers Job Losses

American McGee's Shanghai-based studio, Spicy Horse, has reduced its staff to a core team.

According to McGee, the plan moving forwards will be to move away from the free-to-play model the company has focused on in recent years. In a comment on

In a comment on NeoGAF, McGee said the following:

"Just wanted to let everyone know Spicy Horse did reduce staff earlier this week, but a core team will remain in the studio and we'll be announcing new projects soon.

"The remaining team will continue to support our existing and recently launched mobile F2P titles. As has been mentioned in this thread, the F2P space has become quite brutal in recent years, and after five years and seven titles, I feel it's time we pivot to something new."

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