{"id":272250,"date":"2024-01-30T05:57:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T10:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=325550"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:08:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:08:31","slug":"goodbye-to-the-new-and-secret-deux-ex-embrace-group-fires-its-entire-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/goodbye-to-the-new-and-secret-deux-ex-embrace-group-fires-its-entire-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye to the new and secret Deux Ex, Embrace Group fires its entire team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday we received the sad news that <strong>Embrace Group, owner of Eidos Montreal, laid off 97 workers<\/strong> from the Canadian studio and canceled the game they were developing: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/downloads\/deus-ex-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"the new Deus Ex.\">the new Deus Ex.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Xbox Game Pass\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/8b773de5-0b20-429f-a535-c159557192df\/2791990695\/xbox-game-pass-Xbox%20Game%20Pass%20for%20PC-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Xbox Game Pass<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Embracer, for those who don&#8217;t know, acquired Eidos Montreal and Crystal Dynamics from Square Enix in May 2022<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/very-good-news-tomb-raider-remastered-is-much-more-than-what-was-announced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"putting the studios behind Tomb Raider\">putting the studios behind Tomb Raider<\/a>, Deus Ex, and Thief under the same umbrella. So we believed it was good news for these studios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last November, <strong>journalist Jason Schreier tweeted that a new Deus Ex was in a very early stage of development<\/strong>. Now it seems that is one of the canceled games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Eidos Montreal, which remains intact, canceled the Stranger Things-inspired &quot;kids on bikes&quot; game that was rumored recently. They&#39;re now working on:<br>1) A new IP (recently rescoped)<br>2) A new Deus Ex (very very early)<br>3) co-dev partnerships with Xbox including Fable<\/p>&mdash; Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonschreier\/status\/1587515910046220288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reasons to cancel two games and fire 100 people<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Eight years have passed since Deus Ex: Mankind Divided ended with an unsatisfying cliffhanger<\/strong>, and it seems like we&#8217;re going to have to wait a few more years to find out what happens to our beloved protagonist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources told Schreier in 2017 that a previous sequel to Mankind Divided had also been canceled<\/strong>. Furthermore, Embracer decided to erase the existence of the mobile game Deus Ex Go, taking it away from those who had already paid for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L3Pq3V8OlL\">pic.twitter.com\/L3Pq3V8OlL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Eidos-Montr\u00e9al (@EidosMontreal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EidosMontreal\/status\/1752027685293801632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The global economic context, the challenges of our industry, and the extensive restructuring announced by Embracer have ultimately affected our studio,&#8221; wrote Eidos Montreal yesterday. Eidos does not mention the canceled game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if games hurt, you have no idea how much the 97 employees who were unexpectedly fired are suffering <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/after-the-purchase-of-microsoft-to-activision-blizzard-now-it-is-laying-off-almost-2000-employees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" and in line with a sector that continues to lay off people.\"> and in line with a sector that continues to lay off people.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Since the 2022 acquisition, Embracer has also closed:<\/strong> the TimeSplitters studio Free Radical Design, has closed Volition, developer of Saints Row, and apparently has been trying to sell Gearbox, maker of Borderlands.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Only in the second quarter of last year, it laid off more than 900 employees, 5% of its workforce<\/strong>, including layoffs at Crystal Dynamics and Beamdog, but not including the layoffs last month at New World Interactive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just the second quarter of last year, they laid off more than 900 employees, which represents 5% of their workforce, including layoffs at Crystal 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