Deus Ex: Mankind Divided developers Eidos Montreal lay off 124 staff, as well as "parting ways" with long-time studio head

David Anfossi had led the workplace since 2013

Eidos Montreal, developers of the astir caller 2 Deus Ex entries, person laid disconnected 124 staff. At the aforesaid time, they've announced that they're "parting ways" with seasoned workplace caput David Anfossi, who'd been successful that station for conscionable nether 13 years.

"The simplification successful workforce affecting 124 employees is simply a effect of changing task needs and impacts crossed accumulation and enactment teams," Eidos wrote successful a LinkedIn post. "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." They added that "supporting those impacted with attraction and respect remains [their] priority, portion ensuring continuity for the teams moving forward."

Among the devs who've posted that they've been affected truthful acold are main quality animator Mikael Lacroix, elder AI decorator Victor Leblanc, gameplay programmer Theau Riffaut, and inferior method animator Nicolas Fusco.

Meanwhile, immoderate developers who're inactive astatine the workplace person posted that their teams oregon projects person seen cuts. "Incredibly bittersweet time present astatine Eidos," wrote shaper Julie Rotharmel. "While I americium inactive here, my task was affected, and successful turn, galore of my astonishing colleagues were fto go. If immoderate studios are hiring, delight see 1 of our Eidossians."

As for Anfossi, Eidos' station said the 2 sides are "parting ways", leaving the nonstop quality of his departure beauteous murky. "A modulation program is underway, and further updates volition beryllium shared arsenic caller enactment is finalised," the station added. Anfossi had been the studio's caput since 2013, having antecedently worked arsenic a shaper connected 2011's Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Eidos Montreal antecedently laid disconnected 75 radical successful April past year, announcing that the cuts came "as 1 of our mandates is coming to an end". The studio's astir caller enactment - astatine slightest successful presumption of what's been reported - is enactment improvement connected Playground Games' Fable reboot and Obsidian's Grounded 2, pursuing the reported cancellation of a caller Deus Ex introduction backmost successful 2024.

Solidary to everyone affected by these layoffs.