TREE NEWS update: Illuvium co-founder Kieran Warwick announced that the team has taken wage cuts to extend the Ethereum game studio’s runway beyond 12 months. The remaining team will focus almost entirely on the Overworld MMO.
Illuvium Cuts Wages to Extend Runway
This is a survival move dressed as a strategic pivot. Wage cuts signal that Illuvium's treasury can no longer support the studio's previous scope, and consolidating around a single flagship title — Overworld — is a bet that one game can carry the whole operation. For a sector that raised heavily on multi-title roadmaps, it's a reminder that token-funded studios face the same runway math as any startup. Whether Overworld ships before the extended runway runs out is the open question.
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