The Embracer Group investigation also covered Crystal Dynamics. An American studio that is preparing a new tomb Raider for Amazon Games and helps with Perfect darkness The Initiative and Microsoft fired 10 employees.
“Crystal Dynamics today made the difficult decision to part ways with 9 brand/marketing staff and 1 IT staff due to an internal restructuring to align the studio with the current needs of our business.” we will read in the explanation. “We are working with affected employees to fully support them.”
The brand manager was fired Nicholas Edwards, who reported this even before the official announcement of the studio. He wrote on social media that the layoffs affected a wide range of departments, including PR, project management, 2D art and video editing. The PR director also lost his job. Adam Kahn and Senior Community and Social Media Manager Neha NairHas worked at Crystal Dynamics for less than 4 years.
Embracer Group carries out a comprehensive restructuring after a $2 billion deal with a mystery partner unexpectedly went bust. According to unofficial information, it was Savvy Games Group, financed by the Saudi Arabian government, which was supposed to invest in Embracer Group. The CEO of Sweden’s Embracer plans to sell/close unspecified studios, cancel some unannounced projects and focus on group performance.
Since then it’s been Volition studio has closedwho was in charge of Saints Row, and new Campfire Cabal studio. It was only founded last September and was supposed to focus on high-quality story-driven role-playing games. Then it came to dismissal of 26 people from Beamdog (authors of Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition and Mythforce). You too considering selling the gearbox. The creator of the Borderlands series bought Embracer in 2021.
Source :Indian TV
