Team17, the developer behind the Worms franchise as well as the publisher of indie games like Overcooked and Dredge, is estimated to have laid off around 50 employees. In addition, Team17 CEO Michael Pattison has left the company.

As reported by Eurogamer, around 50 roles, mostly in Team17's internal quality assurance department, have been let go after what has been described as a restructuring following a company-wide town hall meeting. According to Eurogamer, Team17 will instead be looking to outsource QA work for its games moving forward, with most of the positions being let go consisting of junior QA analysts.

In a statement to VG247, a Team17 spokesperson confirmed Eurogamer's report that Pattison was departing the company. Pattison worked as CEO for two years, having joined Team17 in October 2021 after having previously worked at PlayStation.