Nine years on from a $3.2 million Kickstarter campaign and in the middle of a lengthy ongoing alpha, the writing looks to be on the wall for Ashes of Creation. The ambitious MMORPG appears to be in turmoil amid reports of mass layoffs, and a message from director Steven Sharif states he has resigned “in protest” of decisions made by the Intrepid Studios board. Alongside this, several former developers confirm via LinkedIn that they are no longer with the company, with departed director of communications Margaret Krohn writing that the team “was all laid off.”
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