Eidos-Montreal introduced at this time by way of LinkedIn that it was shedding 75 staff, including the corporate to the ever-growing checklist of recreation builders and publishers which might be nonetheless asserting layoffs in 2025. Based on its announcement, this is because of “one among our mandates” coming to an finish, which might imply {that a} mission these staff have been engaged on has both completed or moved on to a brand new section of manufacturing.
The announcement went on to say that Eidos can be unable to maintain these staff on, saying, “We don’t have the capability to thoroughly reallocate them to our different ongoing initiatives and providers.” It added that this isn’t reflective of their skills or abilities, and the corporate will help them via the transition.
The final time Eidos-Montreal laid off employees, it was resulting from father or mother firm Embracer present process a large restructure — it let 97 individuals go at the moment. It additionally reportedly canceled an in-development Deus Ex recreation. Underneath the brand new construction of Embracer, Eidos is a part of Center-earth Enterprises & Buddies, an entity comprised of triple-A recreation builders.
The corporate added within the announcement that it’s dedicated to delivering its different initiatives in growth. At current, the one mission Eidos-Montreal is confirmed to be engaged on is Playground Video games’ Fable, for which it’s a co-developer. The final recreation it launched as main developer was Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy.
