Netflix Dissolves Entire FIFA Game Development Team

Refactor Games, the studio behind the official FIFA game for Netflix, has laid off its entire staff just two months after release.

FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition was released on June 11, 2026, exclusively on Netflix Games and was available to all service subscribers. However, the situation surrounding the developers indicates that the project did not achieve widespread popularity.

Reviews were also weak. For example, a reviewer at VGC gave the game a score of 1 out of 5, pointing to poor graphics, weak opponent AI, and excessively low difficulty.

Former studio employees reported the layoffs. Designer Barclay Chantel wrote:

Today the entire studio was laid off, so if anyone is looking for talented people, I can connect you with some truly great specialists.

Another developer, Victor Del Castillo, suggested that the reason was a decision by publisher Delphi Interactive to completely cut off project funding.

At the same time, Netflix considers the release of FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition a success and stated in a financial report that the game was one of the service’s largest game launches.

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