It was a brutal year for the gaming industry in terms of dismissal, limited by what was described as a “inhuman” Microsoft lap, which has seen thousands of people who have lost their jobs in all departments of the company. We saw the closure of the initiative, massive cuts for Forza Turn 10 developers and the abolition of previously announced Xbox titles as a beam and Perfect Dark.
We know that the abolition of games almost always leads to a set of dismissal, and although the main developer, the initiative, has been closed, we did not hear anything from the Tomb Raider Studio Crystal Dynamics, which helped with the development. This has been the way that Crystal Dynamics announced to LinkedIn that it has released many people because of “developing business conditions”.
Developer Tomb Raider announces the second round of layoffs in 2025
That's it. I was released from Crystal Dynamics because perfect darkness was canceled. I'm out of work now. I really don't know what to do at the moment, but frantically ask for so many jobs that are usable. If someone needs an older environment of the environment for 10+ years, please let me know. -Maja Öberg (@Maoeberg.bsky.social) 2025-08-27t17: 04: 33,578z
“This decision was not made easily,” he reads the rest of the post. “However, it was necessary to ensure the long -term health of our studies and basic creative priorities in the constantly changing market.”
Crystal Dynamics does not reveal exactly how many people have been released, who they are or what they were responsible for, but it seems to be related to the closure of perfect darkness. Shortly after the release report broke, senior artist Maja Öberg published on Blues that she had lost her work and that she was the perfect Dark's only artistic leaves.
Finally, Crystal Dynamics will end his announcement by claiming that the development of the next game Tomb Raider remains unaffected by the decision, although it is difficult for me to believe in personally. Although none of the released people worked on the Tomb Raider, the layoffs may be a traumatic experience for those who have held around, and it is stupid to say that Devs Tomb Raider Devs will not be influenced by their friends who lose their jobs.
It was also reported after the perfect cancellation that crystal dynamics “fought” with Tomb Raider, so it sounds like not everything is as peach as it would believe. Hopefully, those who have been influenced can land on their feet and cross our fingers that crystal dynamics may stop letting people let people over five minutes.
