… This is the third round of layoffs in the past year, along with the reported closure of BARB France in March. The Montpellier studio opened in 2022 . Last month, when responding to the end of BARB's publishing deal with IOI Partners , CEO Mark Gerhard said layoffs were not over . …
… BARB said it "plans to work with partners on other projects in the future." This collaboration was IO Interactive's first move into third-party publishing . It provided BARB marketing, distribution, localisation, and customer support for MindsEye, but not funding. …
… Now, BARB must meet our demands for data transparency. Their alleged actions are a violation of their employees' rights to privacy." Last October, the IWGB began legal action over the alleged mishandling of redundancies at BARB in June, which affected around 300 employees . …