“We can confirm that we’re taking a hard look at how we work and how the studio is set up, so Den of Wolves can become the game it deserves to be,” said the spokesperson. “This unfortunately means a significant restructuring of the studio, impacting a large number of roles, including several of the studio’s co-founders.”

“We recognize these changes are difficult, and we’re approaching them thoughtfully. Out of respect for everyone involved, we won’t comment on individual situations. We remain focused on the vision of Den of Wolves. Ulf Andersson and Simon Viklund remain fully committed to the game and to leading the studio forward. When we have more concrete news to share, we’ll do it through our official channels.”

The lay-offs were first discovered through several now-former team members of 10 Chambers writing about it on LinkedIn. Lead programmer Krister Cederlund noted that there are plenty of “incredibly talented, experienced and genuinely great people now exploring new opportunities,” following a “recent restructure”.

The restructuring of the studio has also seemingly led to co-founder Hjalmar Vikström, who announced his departure just yesterday. “If you know me you’ve heard this before: Making games is hard,” he wrote on LinkedIn. “And these past years have taken their toll. But thinking back I’m proud of how we managed to punch above our weight and deliver GTFO.” It is worth noting, however, that he did not draw any direct links between his departure from 10 Chambers and the restructuring efforts.

10 Chambers had seen a fair bit of success with GTFO, following which it had unveiled Den of Wolves back in December 2023. The 4-player co-op game was unveiled with a trailer showing off its sci-fi aesthetics, and while it didn’t show much in the way of gameplay, it helped in establishing the atmosphere for the title.

More details were revealed over the next couple of months; in December 2024, a new trailer was released, this time with an emphasis on gameplay. After showing off its various levels, we then get to see players walking around its dark and gritty world, partaking in firefights and making use of their weapons and gadgets to take down anyone unfortunate enough to get in their way.

June 2025 saw the release of another trailer of the co-op heist shooter, this time around giving us a look at some of more heist-centric gameplay, focusing on stealth and the use of gadgets. While things go smoothly in the beginning, things quickly get out of hand, and players have to once more switch to more lethal options of stealing and exfiltrating.

While the wait for Den of Wolves, as well as details about the fate of 10 Chambers continues, you can check out our review of the studio’s PC-exclusive horror-themed co-op title GTFO.

Den of Wolves is a co-op heist first-person shooter set in a futuristic dystopian cyberpunk setting, and in a new behind the scenes showcase, members of the 10 Chambers development team offered more details on the game. Den of Wolves’ futuristic sci-fi setting will see players engaging in activities known as dives, which are heists set in unique and varied cyberspaces that will bring their own design styles, challenges, and more.

Beyond that, you can, of course, also expect regular heists in the real world, though with a psychology-driven tilt this time, as far as the design is concerned. The video also touches on customization aspects, as well as some of the visual and art design, especially where masks are concerned, of which you’re going to see plenty. 

Check out the video below for more details. 

Den of Wolves is in development for PC. A release date is currently unknown. 

Den of Wolves will see players playing with and against each other in fast-paced, adrenaline-fueled heists, with the action looking exactly the right kind of tactical and explosive. For fans of Grand Theft Auto and Payday’s multiplayer heist action, Den of Wolves is looking like an intriguing prospect, to say the very least, while the visuals are also looking impressive. Check out the trailer below. 

Den of Wolves is in development for PC. A release date is currently unknown, but it’s confirmed that whenever it launches, the game will be available in early access first. 

Rundown 8.0: Duality acts as a conclusion to the overarching narrative running through GTFO. The update introduces a series of new levels that task players with escaping an undergound complex known as Garganta. The addition of the new levels brings the total number of missions in GTFO up to 80.

The update also brings with it a new weapons, including the semi-automatic Drekker CLR Short Rifle, the Bataldo Custom K33 Slug Shotgun, and the Shelling Nano Burst Pistol. The new set of missions also introduce new enemies that players will have to deal with.

Alongside working on the final update for GTFO, 10 Chambers also took the chance to announce its next game—Den of Wolves. Much like GTFO, Den of Wolves is also going to be a co-op centric experience, this time around revolving around heists and corporate espionage.

Not too many details about Den of Wolves have been revealed, and even the game’s official website only reveals that the game is set in a techno-thriller future, and that its co-op missions will involve corporate espionage, sabotage, and assassinations.

Digging a bit deeper into the game’s official website reveals a District Index, which seems to be a listing of potential targets for players in the game. At the time of writing, only the Administrative district in the game’s setting of Midway City can be accessed.

10 Chambers is known for its work on co-op titles, with developers from the studio having previously worked on Payday: The Heist and Payday 2, and more recently, the co-op horror shooter GTFO.

Going by other games by the studio, Den of Wolves will likely feature co-op as an intrinsic part of its design. Other games by the studio tend to include obstacles that can only be cleared by players taking on specific roles, and as such, its titles can’t really be played solo.

Not much is told to the player once you boot into the game, even with regards to the setting and the story, but here’s the gist of it. GTFO follows a team of four prisoners, who are sent to an abandoned underground research facility against their will by a mysterious individual called “The Warden”. The facility is overrun by grotesque monsters and the prisoners have to scavenge for resources, all the while surviving their expedition.

"One mistake can make the mission a nightmare."

Once booted in, players get to choose the mission they want to try out. Termed as rundowns, each one of them has a particular objective allocated by the Warden and are presented in the order in which they need to be finished. The rundowns have a number of expeditions over several tiers and each of them is denoted by the letters A, B, C, D, and so on, depending on the difficulty. The deeper the facility is for the rundown, the harder it is, so it is actually advisable to play them in order.

To keep the gameplay loop fresh, rundowns of GTFO have time limits, where they get swapped with newer ones when the counter hits zero. Older rundowns get expired, so this brings an urgency of finishing your objectives within a limited period of time. The system, although challenging, is welcoming, as it keeps the gameplay fresh.

After selecting the rundown, players can either host their own lobby and invite friends or join up other players via matchmaking, or even fill their lobby up with bots. The bots of GTFO allow for a more single-player focused experience for people who like to play games on their own. The bots will follow the player’s action; for example, if you crouch, the bots will crouch, and if you engage with an enemy, the bots will do the same. The experience with bots, as you can expect, is a bit bland, but then again, GTFO is all about coordinating with a group of real people and that’s where the fun lies.

One unique thing about GTFO is that there is no leveling system. Everything is even field for all the players and your chances of survival will depend on what loadout you choose. Players can choose primary weapons, a secondary weapon, a tool that helps in either defense or recon, and a melee weapon for stealth sequences. Each weapon in GTFO is situation-specific, and having a good mix of guns and gadgets for different team members is going to be crucial for the mission at hand. In our run, I kept a Bio-Tracker which let me notify my teammates about monsters in each room and allowed me to tag enemies running towards us in a firefight. There are also player specific perks called mutagens, however, these are limited in number, and upon failing an expedition, you will lose them.

"Everything is even field for all the players."

So, once you have selected your loadout, players are introduced to a dimly lit, claustrophobic facility. The level’s lighting and art style pushes the game towards the borders of survival horror. After touchdown, players are notified of a sector they need to be at, but how they reach there is all up to them. To reach that location, players may split their tasks across sub-teams, so, one team may find the keycard to unlock a terminal, whilst the other may scavenge for artifacts, health packs, ammo boxes, tool ammo and glow sticks among others. However, a player can only carry one resource at a time, so it all comes down to deciding what item each team member wants and how important it is to them.

In almost every section, players will come across a variety of monsters, although their AI leaves much to be desired. The most common ones are the sleepers, who as you can guess are…sleeping. They need to be taken out through stealth, but sudden noise from the players will alert the sleeper who will then call upon other monsters towards you, effectively turning this sequence into a gunfight thereby depleting resources, which is never advisable. Besides the Sleeper, there are Brutes that will knock a player down in one hit, and Scouts, who spread their eerie tendrils around them every now and then.

As you may have probably guessed by now, GTFO is an unforgiving game. To make matters worse, the game provides only one checkpoint which could make each run an exercise in pain and frustration. Upon successful completion of an expedition, players are awarded a wardrobe piece, which allows them to change their appearance and the aforementioned mutagens.

Depending on how well your team is coordinating, rundowns can take up to an hour to complete. Playing these long, stretched out, tense expeditions are certainly fun, but not everyone will one have the time or the patience for the same. The game’s UI is a bit of a mess too. The text on the interface is hard to read and even changing its size from the game’s setting doesn’t really fix this issue.

"GTFO is a unique take on the co-op first-person shooter genre."

In conclusion, GTFO is a unique take on the co-op first-person shooter genre. Rundowns are fun and challenging, the shooting feels great and the emphasis on coordinating between team members and stealth makes each run fun and replayable, provided you are patient. If you can ignore the UI and AI shortcomings, GTFO offers a solid shooting experience for fans who like a bit of a challenge in their games.

This game was reviewed on PC.

At The Game Awards 2021, 10 Chambers took the stage (appropriately enough, given that The Game Awards 2017 is where the game and its studio were first unveiled) to announce that GTFO has exited early access and hit its 1.0 launch. The full game is now available on PC via Steam, and it’s even being sold at 25% off, so those who haven’t yet checked it out have the perfect opportunity to jump in.

Stay tuned for more announcements and updates coming from The Game Awards 2021.