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Eidos Montreal lays off 75 employees, citing inability to relocate them to other projects

The studio claims the layoffs are the result of one of its 'mandates' ending.

TJ Denzer

March 31, 2025 2:02 PM

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Eidos Montreal has become the latest developer to announce layoffs of staff in 2025. The group announced it would be cutting about 75 employees, claiming that the layoff was the result of the end of a ‘mandate.’ Ultimately, the studio claims that it was unable to move employees to other projects and was forced to cut them lose instead.

Eidos Montreal posted the details of its layoff in a post on LinkedIn this week. There, it announced the total employees affected and why:

Eidos Montreal has been under the Embracer Group umbrella since 2022, when it was teased that Embracer was helping Eidos Montreal prepare a new game in the Deus Ex IP. Unfortunately, Embracer went through an incredibly rough patch after a failed $2 billion deal with Savvy Gaming Group and much of what was under its umbrella was affected, including Eidos Montreal when it claimed to have canceled that Deus Ex project and laid off employees in 2024.

Eidoes Montreal claims its ongoing projects will be unaffected, but it remains to be seen where the upturn is for the studio. Stay tuned to the Eidos Montreal topic as we await further updates.

TJ Denzer

Senior News Editor

TJ Denzer is a player and writer with a passion for games that has dominated a lifetime. He found his way to the Shacknews roster in late 2019 and has worked his way to Senior News Editor since. Between news coverage, he also aides notably in livestream projects like the indie game-focused Indie-licious, the Shacknews Stimulus Games, and the Shacknews Dump. You can reach him at tj.denzer@shacknews.com and also find him on BlueSky @JohnnyChugs.