Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy developer Eidos Montreal has announced a round of layoffs. Taking to LinkedIn, the company has confirmed that it is letting go of 75 of its employees. In the post, the company said that the decision for layoffs was made because it couldn’t reallocate the staff members to other parts of the studio.
“Today, we informed our studio staff that we are going to let go up to 75 valuable members, as one of our mandates is coming to an end,” posted the studio on LinkedIn. “It is not a reflection of their dedication or skills, but unfortunately, we don’t have the capacity to entirely reallocate them to our other ongoing projects and services.”
“These very talented, highly experienced experts are going to enter the employment market, and we are working to support them through this transition.”
The studio has maintained that it will be continuing work on its ongoing projects despite the layoffs, however. “Eidos-Montréal stays committed to deliver its other projects currently in development,” it posted.
This round of layoffs follows a similar one from little over a year ago. Back in January 2024, Eidos had announced that it was laying off 97 employees from teams across development, support services, and administration.
“The global economic context, the challenges of our industry and the comprehensive restructuring announced by Embracer have finally impacted our studio,” said the studio in its announcement back then. “The difficult decision has been made to let go 97 people from development teams, administration, and support services.”
While it is currently unknown what the studio might be working on, we got confirmation back in June 2024 that it was helping out Microsoft’s first party developer Playground Games in developing Fable.
“We’re so excited to be supporting the development of Fable,” posted the studio on social media. “It’s been a blast collaborating with the talent team at [Playground Games] to craft an unforgettable adventure.”
Rumours from back in November 2022 also indicated that Eidos Montreal might be working on a new game in the Deus Ex franchise. This, however, has not yet been confirmed. Another project that was rumoured to have been in the works was a Stranger Things-inspired game that has reportedly been cancelled.
