A Humble Games PR representative claims that developer issues will be fixed

Just days after Squid Shock Studios released Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus on July 17, its publisher, Humble Games, announced on July 23 that it would lay off 36 employees, throwing a blip into the game's critical launch period. Humble Games, which also published acclaimed indie games such as Coral Island, Slay the Spire and Unpacking, described the changes as restructuring in official statements, but laid-off employees said on social media and on LinkedIn that there are no employees left. The Humble Games name has been turned over to third-party consulting firm The Powell Group, Aftermath reported. The upheaval caused some developers to question the impact on their games – and, specifically, the impact on the process of updating their games on consoles.

Developer Stairway Games posted on its X account on July 25, two days after Humble Games' restructuring announcement, that it is offering Nintendo Switch players a chance to switch to the Steam version of its popular life sim, Coral Island, without paying for the game again . Stairway Games said in its post that it is concerned about its ability to port its game to the Nintendo Switch, something its Kickstarter backers promised, without help from Humble Games. But Humble Games representative Michael Brown told Polygon that "nothing has changed and no developers have had to change their porting plans; every project is moving forward."

Asked for clarification on why studios have publicly claimed they can't update console ports, Brown said: "Some studios are still syncing with their new points of contact and all their issues are currently being addressed and any issues resolved as quickly as time allows."