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Dundee-based mobile-game developer Outplay Entertainment Ltd reported that its average employee count fell from 108 in 2024 to 91 in 2025, a 16% decline associated with a business reshape. The Herald Scotland also reported that the company returned to profitability in 2025, but the accessible report does not give a precise profit figure or establish that the headcount change represents 17 individual redundancies.

What changed at Outplay Entertainment?

The Herald Scotland reported that Outplay lodged unaudited abridged accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 and returned to profitability following a reshape. Its accessible report describes a 16% reduction in average employee numbers. The underlying figures—108 average employees in 2024 and 91 in 2025—are reported by Streamline Feed as coming from those accounts; the original filing was not available in the cited coverage. The Herald Scotland report | Streamline Feed summary

Average headcount is not the same as a count of people dismissed. It compares average employee numbers across reporting periods and does not, by itself, establish how many employees were made redundant or explain every change in staffing.

What is known about profitability and the reshape?

The Herald’s accessible account says Outplay returned to profitability in 2025, but does not identify the profit measure or amount. Streamline Feed reports shareholders’ funds of £3.7 million in 2024 and £3.9 million in 2025, and attributes the increase to the return to profitability. Those figures and the explanation are secondary-report details, not independently confirmed here against the company filing.

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Streamline Feed attributes the reshape to early 2024, following a difficult 2023, and says Outplay continued to invest in new games. It also attributes to director Doug Hare a statement that capitalised development increased year on year. These details and quotations come from secondary coverage rather than an inspected original filing or directly verified transcript.

How to read the reported figures

  • 16%: the reported decline in average employee numbers, not a verified tally of redundancies.
  • 108 to 91: reported average employee counts for 2024 and 2025, respectively.
  • Profitability: reported as restored in 2025, without a precise profit measure or value in the accessible Herald extract.
  • Shareholders’ funds: Streamline Feed reports £3.7 million for 2024 and £3.9 million for 2025; the original accounts are needed to verify the figures and their accounting context.
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Why the distinction matters

A headline describing a workforce reduction can sound like a confirmed redundancy total. Here, the reported percentage concerns average employee numbers across years. It indicates a lower average workforce in 2025 than in 2024, but does not show the exact number or timing of departures, whether they were voluntary, or how much of the change came from other staffing movements.

Likewise, “returned to profitability” should not be read as a disclosed profit amount. Without the specific measure—such as operating profit or profit before tax—and the original accounts, the report supports the direction of the result, not a precise financial comparison.

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