Norwegian games company Funcom has closed The Outsiders. 

In a post on social media, the studio announced that it was shutting down as it had been affected by the recent waves of layoffs at the company. Funcom recent laid off staff following the blockbuster release of Dune: Awakening. 

"I have not had much time to process the news but all of us at The Outsiders and Funcom Stockholm have been affected by the layoffs at Funcom and our 10 year old studio will be closing," founder David Goldfarb wrote. 

"Many of us had survived a near-death studio experience years back when Darkborn was cancelled, and because of this team's loyalty and refusal to quit, Metal Hellsinger was born. It will always be a high point for me personally and I will be forever grateful we got to make it and for the wonderful team and partnerships that made it happen.

"We had hoped to do something even better this time. Things don't always go the way you hope.

"But we are not giving up, and we are going to try to continue on in some new form. If you think you can help in any way, with business leads, placement for employees, guidance, whatever it is, I would be genuinely grateful if you reach out here. Change is always tough and right now we are all hurting. Thanks so much."