Hunt: Showdown 1896 developer Crytek announced today that the company will be laying off around 15% of its 400 employees.
Crytek revealed in a post on X that it is the latest studio in the industry to lay off employees due to “unfavourable market dynamics.” The developer will lay off around 60 employees across the “development teams and shared services.” The developer also revealed that since the next Crysis game was put on hold in Q3 2024, they are trying to move its workforce to Hunt: Showdown 1896.
Crytek stated that layoffs would be “inevitable” if the company had to move forward. They had already tried reducing costs and “cutting operating expenses,” but to no avail. To help the affected employees, the Hunt: Showdown developer will provide them with “severance packages and career assistance services”.
Crytek believes that Hunt Showdown: 1896 offers a “very strong gaming service.” Therefore, they are “fully committed to its operation” and will continue to “expand and evolve” the game with new content. The focus on their engine, Cryengine, will also continue.
Crytek is the latest studio to lose employees in 2025. We have already seen Rocksteady, Microsoft, Unity, Ubisoft, and others lay off employees this year, and it seems this trend isn’t going to stop soon.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Our original story mistakenly said the company was letting go of 400 people. That was a misreading of the announcement, and the story has been fixed. We apologize for the error.
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