Crytek announces layoffs of 15% of its employees. “The Battle of Doomsday” sequel is difficult to produce, and resources are transferred to “Hunting: Showdown 1896”

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Crytek announces layoffs of 15% of its employees. “The Battle of Doomsday” sequel is difficult to produce, and resources are transferred to “Hunting: Showdown 1896”

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Crytek, a German game developer who once created “The Howling of the Polar War” for Ubisoft and is famous for its science fiction FPS “The Battle of the Doomsday” (Crysis), has received bad news today (13th), and the official announcement will cut 15% of its employees, and announced that it is under development. The latest work “Doomsday 4” was “shelfed”.

“This is definitely not an easy decision because we know the hard work of our team members,” Crytek said in the announcement that the layoffs accounted for 15% of about 400 employees (about 60 employees), impacting the development and sharing services. team.

Additionally, Crytek has suspended its development of Doomsday 4 since the third season of 2024, and the company has worked hard to transfer the remaining team to the Open West evacuation Shooting Hunt: Showdown 1896, expanding content and supporting its CryEngine .

“Although Hunter: Showdown 1896 sales continue to grow, Crytek is unable to maintain its previous operating model and maintain financial stability. Even after actively cutting costs and operating expenses, we still have to make decisions on layoffs to ensure that The future development of the company.”

Crytek promises to provide creditorships and follow-up support for unaffected employees, and the final statement emphasizes that “we firmly believe in the future of Crytek, with Hunter: Confrontation 1896, we have a powerful gaming service and will be fully committed to its operations. .”

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