Norwegian game developer Funcom is cutting staff. 

In a statement to GamesIndustry.biz, the Dune: Awakening studio said that it was making redundancies despite the aforementioned sci-fi-survival game being "the biggest release we’ve had in our 32-year-long history". 

There's no indication as to how many staff are affected by this news. 

"The game has already shown incredible potential and the right way forward is to focus our internal resources on releasing new content, features, and enhancements," Funcom wrote. 

"The transition from development to long-term live operation, while also building towards a major console release next year, will require us to restructure our teams and focus our resources from across projects and studios. Unfortunately, this also means having to say goodbye to cherished colleagues.

"This difficult process is starting now, and we cannot yet determine the exact impact. We are working to find new opportunities for those affected.

"Our focus now is to provide these team members with the support and guidance they need, and we ask for your understanding at this time as we will not make further comments during this process."