Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy developer Eidos Montreal has introduced a spherical of layoffs. Taking to LinkedIn, the corporate has confirmed that it’s letting go of 75 of its workers. Within the publish, the corporate stated that the choice for layoffs was made as a result of it couldn’t reallocate the employees members to different elements of the studio.
“At present, we knowledgeable our studio employees that we’re going to let go as much as 75 priceless members, as one among our mandates is coming to an finish,” posted the studio on LinkedIn. “It’s not a mirrored image of their dedication or abilities, however sadly, we don’t have the capability to completely reallocate them to our different ongoing tasks and providers.”
“These very gifted, extremely skilled consultants are going to enter the employment market, and we’re working to help them by way of this transition.”
The studio has maintained that it will likely be persevering with work on its ongoing tasks regardless of the layoffs, nonetheless. “Eidos-Montréal stays dedicated to ship its different tasks presently in growth,” it posted.
This spherical of layoffs follows an analogous one from little over a yr in the past. Again in January 2024, Eidos had introduced that it was shedding 97 workers from groups throughout growth, help providers, and administration.
“The worldwide financial context, the challenges of our business and the great restructuring introduced by Embracer have lastly impacted our studio,” stated the studio in its announcement again then. “The tough resolution has been made to let go 97 folks from growth groups, administration, and help providers.”
Whereas it’s presently unknown what the studio is likely to be engaged on, we bought affirmation again in June 2024 that it was serving to out Microsoft’s first occasion developer Playground Video games in growing Fable.
“We’re so excited to be supporting the event of Fable,” posted the studio on social media. “It’s been a blast collaborating with the expertise group at [Playground Games] to craft an unforgettable journey.”
Rumours from again in November 2022 additionally indicated that Eidos Montreal is likely to be engaged on a brand new sport within the Deus Ex franchise. This, nonetheless, has not but been confirmed. One other challenge that was rumoured to have been within the works was a Stranger Issues-inspired sport that has reportedly been cancelled.
