Even Fortnite can’t make money being Fortnite anymore. After seeing several other studios fail spectacularly at chasing the massive success of its free-to-play live-service game and shutting down within weeks,

Following the news that Epic Games laying off 1,000 developers, the studio is also permanently removing three modes from Fortnite.

Mat Piscatella from Circana discusses the recent wave of layoffs at Epic Games, the studio known for Fortnite and Unreal Engine.

Epic's mass layoffs will impact the game in ways Fortnite's remaining teams "cannot even fully understand", according to a gameplay producer.

Fortnite developers are still in shock following over 1,000 colleagues being laid off by Epic Games, and the game's immediate future might look dark.