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Crytek Announces Layoffs As Crysis 4 Put "On Hold"

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:James Lucas

Published Feb 12, 2025

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15 percent of Crytek employees were just laid off as the studio announced that development on the new Crysis game has been paused.
The studio claims that "While Hunt: Showdown 1986 is still growing, Crytek cannot continue as before and remain financially sustainable."

Crytek announced that it laid off approximately 60 developers as it paused development on Crysis 4 to focus on its live-service extraction shooter 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Hunt: Showdown 1896.

"Like so many of our peers, we aren't immune to the complex, unfavourable market dynamics that have hit our industry these past several years," . "📖It pains us greatly to share today that we must lay off an estimated 15 percent of our around 400 employees. The layoffs affect development teams and🎃 shared services.

We firmly believe in the future of Crytek. With Hunt🌊: Showdown 1896, we have a very strong gaming service and remain fully committed to its operation. We will continue to expand and evolve Hunt: Showdown 1896 with great content and drive our strategy for our engine CRYENGINE.

"This has not been a𒈔n easy decision to make, as we deeply appreciate the hard work of our talented teams. After putting the development of the next Crysis game on hold in Q3 2024, we have been trying to shift developers over to Hunt: Showdown. While Hunt: Showdo﷽wn 1986 is still growing, Crytek cannot continue as before and remain financially sustainable. Even after ongoing efforts to reduce costs and cut operating expenses, we have determined that layoffs are inevitable to move forward. Crytek will offer affected employees severance packages and career assistance services."

Crysis 4 Was Announced Three Years Ago

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We haven't heard much about Crysis 4 since 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:it was announced in 2022. The year after, job listings appeared for a lead producer, lead AI programmer, a🔴nd lead environment artist, hinting at a steady development, corroborated by Crytek CEO Avni Yerli who said in 2024 that it had entere🥀d "the early stages of development".

It would have been the first new Crysis game since 2013, not counting the remaste♓red trilogy. But with today's news that the game is on ice for the foreseeable future, it's unclear w𓆉ho was laid off or when, if at all, Crytek will return to the series.