Eidos Montreal confirms 27 employees have been hit with layoffs

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The developer behind the hit Thief series, Eidos Montreal, has unfortunately released that their staff have been hit with layoffs costing a whopping 27 employees their jobs just one week after they rebooted their Thief series.

Yes it is true we've let 27 people go today, unfortunately it's something that every major studio has to do sometimes in order to ensure you have the right set up for current and future projects. It's never a nice thing to do but we are genuinely trying to offer as much support as much as we can. We're trying to re-locate as many people as possible into other roles here or at our other studios and we've been in touch several studios in Montreal to arrange a career day for those affected by this. We're very thankful for all their hard work and we sincerely wish them well.Eidos Montreal


Thief was recently launched on February 25th in the US and 28th in Europe for the Xbox 360, PS3, PS4, Xbox One, and PC platforms.

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DV8Posted:

Hell Infinity Ward or Treyarch wouldn't even care if they lost 27 employees, at least Eidos Montreal cares about their employees and recognizes how it is to lose some great creators and designers.

21Posted:

Layoffs are obviously never nice but at least they actually care about their workers and are trying to help them find other work.

VKSPosted:

That's a huge loss for their gaming community

SliHPosted:

Oh wow, Thats bad loss.. Poor people who loss their job :(

4x4Posted:

Wow that sucks. Huge loss.

-DanPosted:

VIT This is a huge deal, it means they won't be so into the future updates and DLC.
I doubt they'll get their stuff back either.


Yes thats a great loss for the company, updates will be much slower, dlc wont be as good. So I agree they wlnt get there stuff back

AdamuPosted:

That sucks for the people who made the game just to get laid off like that.

MawderzPosted:

Well that sucks for the people who lost their job..

ResortPosted:

27 employees :o the game is almost ruined now... unless the pick new people up. Who will help create ideas.. I am still going to try the game out.

TravitorPosted:

This is a huge deal, it means they won't be so into the future updates and DLC.
I doubt they'll get their stuff back either.


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