Tomb Raider Developer Eidos Montreal Hit With Layoffs

At the moment, Tomb Raider and Deus Ex developer Eidos Montreal introduced it would lay off a portion of its workers.

Eidos Montreal introduced it would lay off 75 staff

Within the assertion from Eidos Montreal at the moment, the studio introduced as much as 75 of its members can be impacted by layoffs. Specifics on who this may have an effect on are nonetheless unknown. The given reasoning for the redundancies is that the developer not has “the capability to thoroughly reallocate them” to different initiatives. The corporate assures this has nothing to do with the abilities or dedication of these impacted and states they may work to help them as they discover new work.

“At the moment, we knowledgeable our studio workers that we’re going to let go as much as 75 useful members, as one among our mandates is coming to an finish,” reads the assertion. “It’s not a mirrored image of their dedication or expertise, however sadly, we don’t have the capability to thoroughly reallocate them to our different ongoing initiatives and providers.”

“These very gifted, extremely skilled specialists are going to enter the employment market, and we’re working to help them via this transition. Eidos-Montréal stays dedicated to ship its different initiatives at present in growth.”

This spherical of layoffs comes simply over a yr since its final. Again in January final yr, Eidos Montreal confirmed 97 staff have been let go as a consequence of “the worldwide financial context.” On the similar time, it was reported that its father or mother firm, Embracer Group, had canceled a brand new online game within the Deus Ex collection.

Eidos Montreal is probably most recognized for its work on the Deus Ex and Tomb Raider franchises. The corporate additionally developed 2014’s Thief and 2021’s Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. In June final yr, it introduced it’s aiding PlayGround Video games as a help studio for the upcoming Xbox recreation Fable.