You know, we’ve covered a number of game companies either laying off employees or seemingly dropping off the face of the earth, and sadly, today is another one of those days. Over on Linkedin, Eidos-Montreal has announced a reduction in its workforce, impacting 124 employees across both production and support teams. Alongside this news, Head of Studio David Anfossi will also be departing the company after several years in the role.
According to the studio, the layoffs are the result of “changing project needs” and a broader effort to refocus where the team can be most effective. The company also stated that this decision is not a reflection of the impacted employees’ talent or performance, and that supporting those affected remains a top priority.
The studio confirmed that a transition plan is currently underway as it prepares to name new leadership following Anfossi’s departure. Today, however, the focus remains on supporting those who have been impacted.
The sad part about all of this is that this is the same studio that had been working alongside Playground Games on Fable as the support studio, which is one of the more anticipated RPG revivals in recent memory, as well as Grounded 2. Seeing a team with that level of pedigree and involvement in a high-profile project still facing layoffs just adds to the growing concern surrounding job stability in the games industry.
It’s also worth pointing out that the last full game Eidos-Montréal released was Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy back in 2021. And honestly, that game deserved far better than what it got. People really slept on that game, and it’s still an amazing title, and one of the better Superhero games we’ve had that wasn’t a Spider-Man title.
What makes this even harder to watch is that this isn’t some one-off situation. Since being acquired by Embracer Group in 2022, Eidos-Montréal has been hit with a brutal and relentless series of layoffs. There were cuts in January 2024, more between March and April 2025, again in December 2025, and now this latest round. needless to say, that this company has more than its fair share of layoffs.
And honestly, I hate seeing this happen in this industry. Not to mention, it’s happening so often now that people are starting to become desensitized to it. But that doesn’t make it okay, and it definitely doesn’t excuse the fact that it’s happening at an alarming rate.
Source: Linkedin
