{"id":16266,"date":"2025-11-14T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/tomb-raider-dev-loses-another-30-staff-in-new-round-of-layoffs\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:00:00","slug":"tomb-raider-dev-loses-another-30-staff-in-new-round-of-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/tomb-raider-dev-loses-another-30-staff-in-new-round-of-layoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tomb Raider Dev Loses Another 30 Staff in New Round of Layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/tomb-raider-dev-loses-another-30-staff-in-new-round-of-layoffs\/#Tomb_Raider_Dev_Loses_Another_30_Staff_in_New_Round_of_Layoffs\" >Tomb Raider Dev Loses Another 30 Staff in New Round of Layoffs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tomb_Raider_Dev_Loses_Another_30_Staff_in_New_Round_of_Layoffs\"><\/span>Tomb Raider Dev Loses Another 30 Staff in New Round of Layoffs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"body body-text article-text\">\n<section class=\"text\">\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"2c717654e6c23\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Tomb Raider Dev Loses Another 30 Staff in New Round of Layoffs 1\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/2c717654e6c23\/tomb-raider-dev-loses-another-30-staff-in-new-round-of-layoffs-1.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/2c717654e6c23\/tomb-raider-dev-loses-another-30-staff-in-new-round-of-layoffs-1.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Tomb Raider Dev Loses Another 30 Staff in New Round of Layoffs 1\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class=\"\"><\/span> Image: Push Square<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Crystal Dynamics, the development studio currently working on a new Tomb Raider game, has announced a round of layoffs hitting the company.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes via a post on the company&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/crystal-dynamics_today-weve-made-the-difficult-but-necessary-activity-7394805539140169729-lwXF\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> page, where it states just under 30 job cuts &#8220;across various departments and projects&#8221; in a bid to &#8220;restructure the company and business for our next generation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;To our players &#8211; as the realities of the industry continue to evolve, we&#8217;ve made these painful choices as a way to optimize the continued development of our flagship Tomb Raider game, as well as shaping the rest of the studio to make new games for the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"for-mobile insert insert-label\">\n<div id=\"inject-primis-player\" data-src-primis=\"https:\/\/live.primis.tech\/live\/liveView.php?s=117168&amp;vp_content=plembed39b4tigwxqjz&amp;cbuster=%%CACHEBUSTER%%&amp;playerApiId=primis_player_float&amp;schain=1.0,1!ziffdavis.com,22392450815,1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is actually the third time this year that Crystal Dynamics has laid off staff; as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/crystal-dynamics-lays-off-30-more-workers-in-third-wave-of-cuts-this-year\">IGN<\/a> reports, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/crystal-dynamics-lays-off-17-employees\">17 staff<\/a> were let go in March, and further jobs were cut in the aftermath of Perfect Dark&#8217;s cancellation.<\/p>\n<p>The developer is known to be working on a new entry in the Tomb Raider series, which is being published by Amazon, but unfortunately there are very few meaningful details about the game thus far. It&#8217;s far along the project is.<\/p>\n<p>Layoffs have been a frighteningly common occurrence throughout the games industry the last few years, with countless examples from publishers and studios big and small.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/crystal-dynamics_today-weve-made-the-difficult-but-necessary-activity-7394805539140169729-lwXF\/\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/crystal-dynamics_today-weve-made-the-difficult-but-necessary-activity-7394805539140169729-lwXF\/\">linkedin.com<\/a>, via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/crystal-dynamics-lays-off-30-more-workers-in-third-wave-of-cuts-this-year\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/crystal-dynamics-lays-off-30-more-workers-in-third-wave-of-cuts-this-year\">ign.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:pushsquare.com\/ssl\/ps5\/related-info\/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e @ 1763149688 --><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/game\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Game<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/news\/2025\/11\/tomb-raider-dev-loses-another-30-staff-in-new-round-of-layoffs\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomb Raider Dev Loses Another 30 Staff in New Round of Layoffs Image: Push Square Crystal Dynamics, the development studio currently working on a new Tomb Raider game, has announced a round of layoffs hitting the company. The news comes via a post on the company&#8217;s LinkedIn page, where it states just under 30 job&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/2c717654e6c23\/large.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1935,1407,1403,1400],"class_list":["post-16266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game","tag-crystal-dynamics","tag-industry","tag-news","tag-ps5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}