The pandemic did see a hiring boom, but the cuts we're seeing now are way too deep for that. The industry has been chasing bigger and better for a long time now and it seems like it's finally caught them out.
Really can't wait for this, been following development of it on twitter for literal years
Feels like a labour of love for the dev team/studio, so I have faith it's gonna be good but also not expecting a release anytime soon, probably be next summer or something