The Crystal Dynamics Tomb Raider developer announces the release

Summary

Crystal Dynamics released 17 employees in an effort to cope with business needs and future success.
It is not known how the recent layoffs could affect projects such as Perfect Dark and another installment Tomb Raider.

Raider developer Crystal dynamics He recently released 17 employees. The gaming industry faces harsh time, as developing the cost of development and faith in the industry seems low. Crystal Dynamics is probably the latest company that will use the release as a way to deal with the current crisis.

Crystal Dynamics, created as early as 1992, created some very popular franchise, such as Raider, Gexand Soul Reaver. In the last few years the studio has been mostly known for the latest Raider trilogy, published between 2013 and 2018 and Marvel's Avengers In 2020. Until 2022, the developer Square Enix belonged, but then was sold to the EM Embacer group, which currently owns it.

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Now Crystal Dynamics has announced that 17 employees have been released from the company. According to the official announcement, it was decided to “better align our current business needs and future success of study” and this will not change any current plans that the company has. The official Crystal Dynamics website states that the studio has more than 300 employees, so this recent release has probably affected less than 10% of the company.

Crystal dynamics permits 17 employees

It is currently unknown whether this layout will affect the development of games, such as Perfect darkness and another record in Raider franchise in any way. Back in 2024, it was reported Perfect darknessThe development was already in the riots, because the game was in a very harsh condition. Perfect darkness It was originally developed by Microsoft The Initiative Studio and Crystal Dynamics began to work on the development of the game in 2021.

Unfortunately, it is not quite surprising to see how employees release the dynamics of crystals. In addition to potentially serious problems Perfect darknessother recent studio projects, such as Marvel's AvengersHe was unable to connect with the public because the title was discarded from all shops in September 2023.

The owner of Crystal Dynamics, the Embracer Group, also plans to release more since the beginning of 2025, with some of its studios such as Black Forest Games, reducing up to half of its staff. Last month, Lars Wingefors, CEO, revealed that the recent release in the EMBRACER group was designed to maximize the value of shareholders, which at that time met with strong resistance. In any case, it remains to see how crystal dynamics will be after the release and whether it will negatively affect projects such as Perfect darkness or another Raider.