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[LavitzSlambert]

Translated to English:

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. 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.

Eidos-Montréal stays committed to deliver its other projects currently in development.

Source: https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/eidos...les-membres-activity-7312494582850543616-TzUD





Not looking good, that is a sizable layoff (15% at least) for Eidos-Montreal who had nearly 500 employees as of 2022 (before Square-Enix sold to Embracer).

 

[Pop]

Not really that valuable huh

 

[Woopah]

I guess it means one of their projects is cancelled?

 

[Alandring]

I'm curious about which mandate has ended. Fable maybe? If it launch this year, it could be almost finished now.

 

[Mikado]

I've never before heard "Our project was cancelled" spelled as "Our mandate has ended". That's definitely a new one.

 

[AJUMP23]

Good luck out there getting work.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

I guess it means one of their projects is cancelled?

Aside from their own games (next rumored Deus Ex), they've provided support to Crystal Dynamics and have also been working on Fable with Playground. Layoffs of this magnitude mid dev cycle do not give me high hopes.

 

[nial]

They only did additional work for Avengers, so thread title is a bit misleading (especially since knowing people here, they will look at that and dismiss them, despite their own works not being really bad).

 

[Neilg]

I've never before heard "Our project was cancelled" spelled as "Our mandate has ended". That's definitely a new one.

Wasnt their project. it's basically 'staff that were on loan to another studio have been laid off by them and we don't have anywhere else to put them'

 

[LavitzSlambert]

They only did additional work for Avengers, so thread title is a bit misleading (especially since knowing people here, they will look at that and dismiss them, despite their own works not being really bad).

Their work on some of the other games was a support role too, but yeah you're probably right. I was going for relevance and recency, but if a mod sees this, please at least swap Deus Ex with Avengers in the title.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Probably that mandate was Fable.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

I thought Guardians of the Galaxy was interesting.

 

[Ceadeus]

It sucks, Montréal is known to be home to some of the best talent in the industry. Studios that have been there for many decades like eidos and ubisoft. It's my hometown so it kinda hits in the feeling when something you're proud of is hurt.

 

[kremiso]

Adìos Montreal

 

[N0S]

 

[viveks86]

"These very talented, highly experienced, valuable experts... that we don't want"

 

[Loomy]

I guess it means one of their projects is cancelled?

Or their contract on the project ended. Them not having space to move those people to tells me whatever they're working on is a long ways off still.

"These very talented, highly experienced, valuable experts... that we don't want"

At an average of $60k a year, that's over $4m/year to keep them on. I imagine Embracer has all of their studios on a super lean budget right now.

 

[bender]

It sucks, Montréal is known to be home to some of the best talent in the industry. Studios that have been there for many decades like eidos and ubisoft. It's my hometown so it kinda hits in the feeling when something you're proud of is hurt.

I wonder if any of the Montreal's subsidizing practices for game dev. have changed.

 

[viveks86]

At an average of $60k a year, that's over $4m/year to keep them on. I imagine Embracer has all of their studios on a super lean budget right now.

Yeah I understand the reality of the situation. It just sucks to actually be one of those devs and get high praise while being laid off. Makes the praise feel meaningless.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

I love the expression "let go". It sounds as if those poor souls were prisoners who now are free to set out on a grand adventure.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

dats like a AAAA game studio.

 

[Thief1987]

We are big family, we are treasure you, but we are booting you on the street. Sorry and good luck, we love you

 

[SJRB]

Catastrophically mismanaged and straight up abused studio.

I feel for everyone who worked on Deus Ex and still works there, you have my sympathies.

 

[MakeMudosGreatAgain]

They never asked for this

 

[Buggy Loop]

Catastrophically mismanaged and straight up abused studio.

I feel for everyone who worked on Deus Ex and still works there, you have my sympathies.

That's not many peoples of the OG team sadly, knowing peoples who worked there, a shitload of key peoples are in other studios. Jonathan Jacques-Belletête with Hell is Us being one of many.

Most of the OG team melted away with the nonsense of Square Enix.

 

[Arachnid]

The killed thief, Avengers was trash, and Deus Ex is on ice indefinitely. Screw Edios Montreal.

 

[Ceadeus]

I wonder if any of the Montreal's subsidizing practices for game dev. have changed.

I don't know either, what does it do exactly? Less subsidy would directly impact the quantity of employe I suppose? Tbh I don't know about that at all!

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[semiconscious]

I've never before heard "Our project was cancelled" spelled as "Our mandate has ended". That's definitely a new one.

well, english is their second language, after all...

 

[ComputerBlue]

Still waiting for human revolution on current hardware, that could’ve helped put some money in their pockets, but I don’t see that happening anytime soon, ever since they were bought up by whatever that group is called, I can’t remember, it’s been fumble after fumble.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Who is even the owner of Eidos now? Amazon?

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Who is even the owner of Eidos now? Amazon?

Square-EniX sold them with a large portion of their western game business, Embracer Group owns them as of 2022 via a holding company.

 

[Loomy]

Yeah I understand the reality of the situation. It just sucks to actually be one of those devs and get high praise while being laid off. Makes the praise feel meaningless.

Yeah, it sucks.

 

[Pasta la Vista]

Hmm Fable cancelled maybe.

 

[zaga]

Sad. The recent Deus Ex games were awesome. Guardians was surprisingly good as well.

 

[ProtoByte]

Sad. The recent Deus Ex games were awesome. Guardians was surprisingly good as well.

None of those titles sold, unfortunately.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Speaking of tomb raider…

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Square-EniX sold them with a large portion of their western game business, Embracer Group owns them as of 2022 via a holding company.

I know that part, but Embracer sold the Tomb Raider assets to Amazon. I would have guessed that they would have also acquired Eidos but it seems that's not the case?

So who is developing the next Tomb Raider now?

 

[Thief1987]

I know that part, but Embracer sold the Tomb Raider assets to Amazon. I would have guessed that they would have also acquired Eidos but it seems that's not the case?

So who is developing the next Tomb Raider now?

Embracer owns Eidos, right.

Crystal Dynamics, Eidos only substitute them for one game in the series they never were supposed to be TR developers. CD is under Embracer too.

 

[xrnzaaas]

They can get fucked after cancelling the next Deus Ex project and never even giving it a chance.