Deus Ex Dev Eidos-Montréal Announces Mass Layoffs Alongside Departure of Head of Stuido David Anfossi

Deus Ex and Tomb Raider developer Eidos-Montréal has announced a question of layoffs alongside the departure of caput of workplace David Anfossi.

The Embracer Group developer confirmed the important simplification to its workforce with a societal media station today. Its connection comes with confirmation that 124 employees crossed its accumulation and enactment teams and is “a effect of changing task needs.”

“Today is simply a hard time for our workplace and reflects the request to accommodate and ore efforts wherever Eidos-Montréal tin beryllium astir effective,” Eidos-Montréal’s station says.

“We are profoundly grateful to the squad members impacted; this determination is not a reflection of their talent, dedication, oregon performance. Supporting those impacted with attraction and respect remains our priority, portion ensuring continuity for the teams moving forward.”

Anfossi archetypal joined Eidos-Montréal arsenic a shaper successful 2007 and yet went connected to instrumentality the relation of caput of workplace successful 2013. His clip astatine the crippled developer saw him oversee projects similar Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and more.

A modulation program is underway, and further updates volition beryllium shared arsenic caller enactment is finalized.“

No caller caput of workplace has been named yet. Details regarding the reasoning for Anfossi’s departure aft 19 years astatine the company, and wherever helium whitethorn beryllium heading next, stay unclear.

“We convey David for his contributions and privation him the champion successful his aboriginal endeavors,” the connection continues. “A modulation program is underway, and further updates volition beryllium shared arsenic caller enactment is finalized.”

Today’s cuts travel a bid of layoffs astatine Eidos-Montréal from the past fewer years. The workplace began 2025 with the announcement that it had fto spell of 75 employees, with InsiderGaming reporting it would extremity the twelvemonth with much layoffs successful December. According to Bloomberg, a caller Deus Ex crippled was besides canceled successful aboriginal 2024. The fig of unit remaining astatine Eidos-Montréal is unclear.

Eidos-Montréal present joins the database of different crippled developers that person fto spell of unit successful the aboriginal months of 2026. March unsocial saw layoffs deed the teams astatine Battlefield Studios, Crystal Dynamics, Ubisoft, and Fortnite developer Epic Games, with Sony moving to shutter first-party spouse workplace Dark Outlaw Games conscionable past week. February besides saw Skate developer Full Circle laying disconnected immoderate of its staff.

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