In the present day Eidos Montreal formally introduced that its workers have been affected by a spherical of layoffs, a part of Embracer Group’s continued effort to chop prices.
The announcement, made on X (previously Twitter), mentions that 97 workers have seen their positions terminated, together with builders, administration personnel, and assist companies.
Eidos immediately factors the finger at Embracer’s restructuring on prime of the “international financial context and the challenges of the trade.”
Eidos provides that it is working to assist the impacted workers discover new jobs and pledged to proceed striving to “ship superior experiences.” No particulars have been supplied on the form of assist former workers are going to obtain.
You possibly can learn the complete message beneath.
For the final 17 years, our groups at Eidos have labored on among the most beloved manufacturers within the trade, combining deep storytelling and innovation into distinctive video games. We have now created memorable multi awarded experiences that we’re happy with and we all know our groups members have put their coronary heart and soul in all of them.
The worldwide financial context, the challenges of our trade and the excellent restructuring introduced by Embracer have lastly impacted our studio. The tough determination has been made to let go 97 individuals from growth groups, administration, and assist companies.
We’re working to assist all impacted personnel by way of this transition. These very gifted, extremely skilled individuals are getting into the employment market, and we would like them to search out their subsequent tasks and are serving to to take action. As we navigate these tough occasions, the well-being of our workforce is our precedence and the continual dedication to creating video games that gamers will have the ability to get pleasure from within the close by future.
To our gamers… it is usually occasions not simply the video games however the sport makers as properly that all of us have fun and admire. Our dedication is at all times to creating the very best video games for our wonderful followers and even with this restructuring change, we proceed to battle on to ship these superior experiences for us to share collectively. Thanks to your persevering with assist and properly needs.
Eidos, well-known for the Deus Ex franchise and these days for the superb Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, is simply the newest studio hit exhausting by Embracer’s employment woes.
In Could 2023, following an in depth interval of progress and acquisition, the group introduced {that a} “groundbreaking” strategic partnership was canceled earlier than it may occur. After that the corporate nearly instantly began a devastating coverage of downsizing of its studios, enacting layoffs and even closures.
Many well-known names within the trade have been affected, together with Volition, Cryptic Studios, New World Interactive, Free Radical, 3D Realms/Slipgate Ironworks, and Misplaced Boys Interactive.
Eidos Montreal was acquired by Embracer in 2022 amongst different builders beforehand owned by Sq. Enix, in an effort by the Japanese writer to refocus its growth assets in Japan.