Update: Behaviour Interactive confirmed layoffs to GamesIndustry.biz, saying it represented less than 3% of its workforce and only affected its Montreal staff.

“Recently, changing market conditions necessitated adjusting the scope of several Behaviour projects,” a spokesperson for the studio said. “In these situations, our preference is always to reassign talent to other projects. Unfortunately, this option is not always available to us. These departures represented less than 3% of our total workforce.”

Original story: Behaviour Interactive has reportedly laid off 45 staff.

According to a report from Kotaku, layoffs at the Dead by Daylight studio started in December but this specific wave occurred between January 9 and 11.

It impacted Behaviour’s Montreal staff only, across various departments.

According to the company’s Linkedin profile, Behaviour Interactive employs 1,300 staff worldwide.

GamesIndustry.biz reached out to the company for more information.

Behaviour Interactive made a number of acquisitions last year, with SockMonkey Studios bought in February 2023, and Codeglue in August. It also started a UK studio from scratch in July, based in Truro, Cornwall.

We talked to Behaviour’s leadership about the company’s transatlantic expansion in April last year.