Civilization Developer Firaxis Is Laying Off Staff

Firaxis, longtime developer of nan strategy bid Civilization, is laying disconnected an undisclosed number of staff, Game Developer reports. The studio's patient and proprietor 2K confirmed that nan layoffs were happening arsenic Firaxis "restructures and optimizes" for "adaptability, collaboration, and creativity." The layoffs travel turmoil astatine different 2K studio, Cloud Chamber, which is expected to beryllium processing nan adjacent Bioshock game.

Since nan restructuring has yet to beryllium publically disclosed, it's difficult to opportunity pinch absolute certainty really galore group person been impacted. Some erstwhile unit who worked on Civilization VII and Marvel's Midnight Sons person already shared that they were laid disconnected societal media. Game Developer's source claims "dozens of workers" were caught up successful nan cuts.

Engadget has contacted 2K for specifications astir nan layoffs and will update this article if we perceive back.

The layoffs are astonishing only because Take-Two Interactive, Firaxis and 2K's genitor company, was still expecting financial maturation for nan backmost half of 2025. Despite delaying its hotly anticipated rate cattle Grand Theft Auto VI, Take-Two shared successful March that it expected 5 percent maturation successful gross and nett bookings for nan remainder of nan year, according to Game Developer. While that mightiness propose jobs should beryllium safe, layoffs are progressively a characteristic of crippled companies' normal business strategies. A crippled could beryllium a nonaccomplishment aliases a success, but either measurement it seems to lead to layoffs.

Firaxis' latest game, Civilization VII, was released successful February 2025. The crippled features a caller attack to nan series' turn-based gameplay, letting players operation and lucifer world leaders and civilizations to their strategical benefit. While it wasn't released to cosmopolitan acclaim, Firaxis has continued to update Civilization VII since its merchandise pinch caller contented and package fixes.