Tripwire Interactive, maker of Maneater and Killing Floor 3 , announced fresh layoffs this week. The Georgia-based studio is letting go of 36 developers. These cuts come on top of an earlier round of restructuring in March. Some observers have blamed the downsizing on Killing Floor 3 ‘s rough reception on Steam. Tripwire Interactive cofounder John Gibson has blamed it on “woke leftists.”

“ Killing Floor 2 , a 2016 game, still had about 6,000 average daily players on Steam last month,” gaming consultant Iain Garner posted on X in response to this week’s layoff announcement. “ KF 3 had about 460. KF2 sits at 88 percent positive reviews, while KF3 is at 44 percent.”

Gibson, who cofounded the studio in 2005 with Alan Wilson, quote-tweeted Garner’s post and posited a different reason for Tripwire’s struggles. “This wasn’t the issue, it was that woke leftists got me, the CEO, key leader and creative force ousted and the company forced to be sold,” he wrote .…