This week China-based publisher Perfect World laid off most of Motiga, the developer of the hero shooter Gigantic, and shut down Runic Games, the studio behind the popular action-RPG Torchlight and the recently released puzzle-platformer Hob. Both game developers were based in Seattle.

Announced back in 2014 with a bird person GIF so outstanding it had to be reused for this post, Motiga's action MOBA Gigantic has launched into open beta on Xbox One and PC. It's still rather pretty.

Gigantic has been looking gorgeous, but that hasn't translated into financial security for its developer Motiga. The company announced this morning a temporary round of redundancies, going as far to label them as "significant".

Gigantic is a game that's gotten a lot of praise for its good looks. That's understandable, given how sharp its visuals have been in every glimpse we've gotten. But Motiga's multiplayer arena game plays well too.