Funcom Restructures, Lays Off Staff to Focus on Conan Exiles and Dune: Awakening
Funcom CEO Rui Casais will leave at the end of the year, with Chief Product Officer Scott Junior set to succeed him.
Funcom has begun a restructuring process that will result in an unknown number of layoffs, the company has announced. The studio said it will focus solely on live operations for Conan Exiles and Dune: Awakening, according to gamesindustry.biz.
CEO Rui Casais will leave Funcom at the end of the year. Chief Product Officer Scott Junior will succeed him as CEO. Funcom said it will not share further details of the restructuring until the process concludes.
Background
Casais has been with Funcom for 22 years, starting as a junior programmer, and led the developer for 11 years, including through its 2020 acquisition by Tencent. Junior has been with Funcom 25 years and recently served as Executive Producer on Dune: Awakening.
In October 2025, Funcom laid off staff following the launch of Dune: Awakening, which it described as the biggest launch in the company's 32-year history. As part of that process, Funcom closed Swedish developer The Outsiders, creator of Metal: Hellsinger, which it acquired in 2021.
Conan Exiles launched in 2018 and recovered its development budget in five days, becoming one of Funcom's most profitable and most-played games. Funcom had previously operated a third-party publishing business that published Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden and Aloft.
Quick answers
Who is leaving Funcom?
CEO Rui Casais will leave Funcom at the end of the year.
Who will replace Rui Casais as CEO?
Chief Product Officer Scott Junior will succeed him as CEO.
What will Funcom focus on after the restructuring?
Funcom said it will focus solely on live operations for Conan Exiles and Dune: Awakening.