DON'T NOD
Video game industry companywww.dont-nod.com
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Oct 28, 2026
Blessing Adeoye Jr.HOST
you should have known the last time you didn't know.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.HOST
Story number four, Life is Strange developer Dontnod is blasted by union employees over illegal management practices as possible layoffs loom.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.HOST
This is from Virginia Glaze, the homie at IGN.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.HOST
An October 27th statement from employees of Dontnod, the developer best known for making the original Life is Strange games, warned that the company is in danger of insolvency and layoffs and accused its management of illegal practices that have caused staff uncertainty and anxiety.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.HOST
The damning statement comes from employees who are members of the French Game Industry Union, Le Syndicate des Travailleurs du Jouer Vidéo.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.HOST
That's the closest I can
Barrett CourtneyPANELIST
I think that's it.
Barrett CourtneyPANELIST
I think I got there.
Michelle MadisonHOST
no. Wasn't that Remedy? No, that's the people who did like Heavy Rain and...
Matt BradfordGUEST
That's Dontnod?
Michelle MadisonHOST
Detective.
Michelle MadisonHOST
No,
Matt BradfordGUEST
Dontnod.
Michelle MadisonHOST
You know, John and I both played this game.
Michelle MadisonHOST
I didn't like Control Resident, but I knew it wasn't for me.
Adnan RiazHOST
We've got our podcast episode.
Adnan RiazHOST
We've got a bit of Life is Strange TV news, and then we've got actually a Dontnod piece of news.
Adnan RiazHOST
I think we should start with the Dontnod piece of news if you're ready for this.
Adam EvaltHOST
Oh, I'm so ready, dude.
Adam EvaltHOST
You don't even believe
Adnan RiazHOST
So that's that.
Adnan RiazHOST
So I'm going to pause over here.
Adnan RiazHOST
So Adam, this is Dontnod in the news as well.
Danny PeñaHOST
All right.
Riana Manuel-PeñaHOST
So I worked on a game called Tell Me Why from Xbox and Dontnod.
Riana Manuel-PeñaHOST
Shout out to Dontnod.
Riana Manuel-PeñaHOST
Love you guys.
Riana Manuel-PeñaHOST
And one of the things that I did for this marketing campaign is I actually sent out mailers.
JeffHOST
anyway.
JeffHOST
Also, Dontnod, the company that did Life is Strange, Jusant, and Love and Records, they have filed for kind of the French equivalent of Chapter 11.
JeffHOST
It's basically a thing where...
JeffHOST
They allow auditors to come in and watch their business for six to eight months, and then they decide after that how to restructure their debts because they cannot pay their debts.
Adnan RiazHOST
Yeah.
Adnan RiazHOST
Look, and, and the, and even beyond that kind of PR comment thing I said as well, like it ultimately, those people would not be on the set without those, those three, and also Raul Barbet and, and other people at Dontnod who worked on it as well.
Adnan RiazHOST
Like w- we're all here because of the three people and also the many other Dontnod people and Square Enix people that worked on this franchise.
Adnan RiazHOST
Like-
Adam EvaltHOST
Yeah
Adnan RiazHOST
... as like, you know, even that kind of like...
Adnan RiazHOST
The way that Dontnod crafts that storytelling with David.
Adnan RiazHOST
And the way he almost like, you know...
Adnan RiazHOST
When we have David and Karen on the screen in Life Is Strange 2, it's like absolute cinema for the two characters, the way that they are parents.
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Adam EvaltHOST
Yeah.
Adnan RiazHOST
"No, Square Enix did this.
Adnan RiazHOST
Um, I wish Dontnod was making more games.
Adnan RiazHOST
No, you wish they made more Max and Chloe games."
Michael FutterHOST
Tencent holds a minority stake in the company, but has expressed that it has no intentions to further fund or invest.
Michael FutterHOST
And without external financing, Dontnod may be forced to close in the next few months.
Michael FutterHOST
We may not see a 2027 with Dontnod.
Michael FutterHOST
And that sucks.
Michael FutterHOST
That's awful.