Swedish holding company Hug group has had to cancel the upcoming sequel to the cyberpunk series, Bloomberg reports. God from in a studio Eidos Montreal. The team has already officially confirmed dismissal of almost a hundred people. This is another impact of Embracer’s financial cuts, this time at the expense of developers that the company only bought out in 2022.
“The global economic situation, challenges in our industry and the massive restructuring announced by Embracer have ultimately impacted our studio. We have made the difficult decision to lay off 97 people from our development, administration and support teams,” Eidos writes.
— Eidos Montreal (@EidosMontreal) January 29, 2024
Going to God from was supposed to be in development for two years, this year the authors planned to go into mass production. Instead, they should focus on new IP addresses. Eidos only became part of Embracer in 2022, when, together with Crystal Dynamics and shortly after the cancellation of Square Enix Montreal, it was purchased from the Japanese. Enix Square.
Embracer has already seen its fair share of layoffs in the gaming industry in the past year. It closed completely will or Free radical and significantly dismissed in Gearbox Publishing, Fishlabs, Cryptic Studios, New World Interactive, 3D worlds And Metallurgical plant with folding gates or Digital images. Even developers from a German studio have a hard time Piranha Bites.
Source :Indian TV
