Update: The official statement of the dark horse confirmed that the layoffs have disappeared.
On February 3, the dark horse made a decision to reduce the difficulties of employees but necessary. After a period of significant growth, we found that we need to take steps to respond to increasing expenses, continuous changes in market conditions and external economic factors. At the beginning of the day, this has always been our trademark. Similarly, this is an extremely difficult decision, without a light decision. We thank our colleagues for their dedication, commitment and hard work, and hope that everyone will have a success in the future efforts.
Yesterday Dark Horse Assistant Edit Konner Knudsen It was announced on social media that they had fired from the dark horse comics.
Knudson is a six -year senior in Dark Horse and is engaged in championships such as black hammer.
The beat was that Nordson might be the first person to publicize the layoffs, and a large number of layoffs were made in the dark horse and a dozen layoffs were conducted. We don’t know how many departments have been reduced, but it is believed that several other editors were fired.
For those who follow the destiny of the parent company Exchange group group. Sweden Game Group (formerly THQ Nordic) I bought a dark horse in early 2022 As part of the company’s acquisition of frenzy, including Square Enix Montreal, Ring Duan Wang Manor, And literally, dozens of other game companies.
Frenzy and expansion suddenly stopped at the end of 2022 Saudi-DOWNER SAVVY Group plans to conduct a $ 2 billion investment Fall. In the middle In 2023, the edge people announced the reorganization These include reducing scale in its video games. However, as they pointed out in a report in ICV2 in 2024, their financial dilemma is still continuing ASModee, dark horse parents show the loss of lower salesEssence
Through all video games layoffs, the dark horse is still surprisingly stable, which may be because the comic publishing industry is less turbulent than video games-and this line is separated from certain volatility. Mike Richardson, CEO and founder of Dark Horse, remained affirmed by the fate of the dark horse Although there are turbulence elsewhere elsewhereIt is pointed out that the department is “self -sufficient.”
However, recently, there are some signs that the turbulence has caught up with the dark horse. We hear some of the debris of some senior staff being fired. Earlier this month, TFAW (things from another world) online and brick collection dealers Founded by Richardson, owned by the dark horse Tell the members that they will end the plan as of April 14. “As we continue to evaluate the continuous development of TFAW, we have decided to give up the plan to focus on new opportunities.” This may also be a response to diamond bankruptcy-although everyone focuses on the comics part of diamond distribution, but in fact They are also a huge supplier of toys.
We were told that the current layoff in the dark horse is due to the “comic publishing crisis” that is underway.
As more information is available, the beat will update this story.
