Around thirty people have lost their jobs amidst yet another restructuring at Crystal Dynamics – the latest in at least four of these in the last two years. A post on LinkedIn on Thursday confirmed the news of further layoffs at Tomb Raider developers Crystal Dynamics.
The full statement from the team reads as follows: “Today we’ve made the difficult but necessary decision to reorganize Crystal Dynamics’ studios and teams. As a result, we’ve parted ways with just under 30 team members across various departments and projects as we restructure the company and business for our next generation. Crystal deeply thanks all of those impacted for their incredible talent, hard work, and dedication, which helped shape the studio in so many ways. We are committed to offering our fullest resources and support to you during this transition.
To our players – as the realities of the industry continue to evolve, we’ve made these painful choices as a way to optimize the continued development of our flagship Tomb Raider game, as well as shaping the rest of the studio to make new games for the future.
We appreciate the continued support of our players, our colleagues, and our partners during this transition and look forward to sharing the team’s amazing new work with the world in the future.“
Crystal Dynamics had already announced a round of layoffs back in August following the cancellation of Perfect Dark, for which they were co-developers. And before that in March, a further 17 people were let go “to better align our current business needs and the studio’s future success“.
According to the LinkedIn post, this recent change will not affect the continued development of Tomb Raider, but this news is definitely not positive and seems to echo an industry-wide trend. Our thoughts are with those who have lost their jobs.
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