- Eidos Montreal has laid off 124 jobs, with the studio head also leaving after nearly 13 years of service.
- Now, a new leadership will take over.
- The studio faced 2 rounds of layoffs last year and had multiple game cancellations.
Eidos Montreal has certainly seen better days, and the studio once regarded for major contributions towards the Tomb Raider and Deus Ex series is faltering towards an all-time low.
They’ve just announced that they’re cutting 124 jobs at the studio, alongside the departure of head David Anfossi, who had served there for more than a decade.
Why it matters: Ever since Embracer Group’s buyout, Eidos Montreal has been neglected and suffering at the publisher’s hands.
Announcing this decision to downsize on LinkedIn, Eidos Montreal stated that they’re laying off 124 members of staff due to “changing project needs and impacts across production and support teams.”
Studio head David Anfossi is also leaving Eidos Montreal, and he has been in that position since 2013. Now, Eidos Montreal is planning a new leadership and has referred to this state as a ‘transition‘ period.
This isn’t the first layoff Eidos Montreal has had in recent times; they faced 2 rounds of job cuts last year. One report even suggested that a Legacy of Kain reboot was shelved in the same period.
As for what they’re working on currently, Embracer Group had plans in 2023 to release 5 AAA games between Eidos Montreal and Square Enix by 2028, but so far, we’ve yet to see a single release.
The studio was also working on a Lord of the Rings MMO, but it was also cancelled recently. Now, we’ve discovered that they’re working on a AAAA game based on Unreal Engine 5, which is confirmed not to be a Deus Ex game.
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