Eidos-Montreal introduced at this time through LinkedIn that it was shedding 75 staff, including the corporate to the ever-growing listing of sport builders and publishers which are nonetheless saying layoffs in 2025. In keeping with its announcement, this is because of “one of our mandates” coming to an finish, which may 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 capacity to entirely reallocate them to our other ongoing projects and services.” It added that this isn’t reflective of their skills or abilities, and the corporate will assist them by way of the transition.
The final time Eidos-Montreal laid off employees, it was as a result of mum or dad firm Embracer present process an enormous restructure — it let 97 individuals go at the moment. It additionally reportedly canceled an in-development Deus Ex sport. Below the brand new construction of Embracer, Eidos is a part of Center-earth Enterprises & Buddies, an entity comprised of triple-A sport builders.
The corporate added within the announcement that it’s dedicated to delivering its different tasks in improvement. 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 sport it launched as major developer was Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy.
