Crystal Dynamics Announces Layoffs, But Says Tomb Raider Will Not Be Impacted

Crystal Dynamics, nan workplace down nan caller Tomb Raider games, announced an unspecified number of layoffs today. In a post connected LinkedIn, nan crippled developer kept nan size of nan cuts vague, only stating that "a number of our talented colleagues" would beryllium impacted. In what's becoming an all-too-familiar refrain, nan institution cited "evolving business conditions" arsenic nan logic for nan layoffs.

"This determination was not made lightly," nan station reads. "It was necessary, however, to guarantee nan semipermanent wellness of our workplace and halfway imaginative priorities successful a continually shifting market."

Crystal Dynamics was acquired by Embracer Group successful a 2022 buying spree by nan Swedish crippled company. Embracer still owns nan studio, but was forced to do immoderate layoffs of its ain successful 2023 followed by a restructuring past year. Crystal Dynamics is still moving connected a caller Tomb Raider game, which nan institution said will not beryllium affected by nan layoffs. However, nan workplace had been tapped to thief The Initiative pinch its Perfect Dark reboot. That task was canceled and The Initiative unopen down successful a abstracted activity of monolithic cuts astatine Microsoft earlier this year. It's unclear whether that cancelation was a logic for today's cuts.