{"id":299115,"date":"2025-03-27T03:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T10:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=351876"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:03:09","slug":"the-creators-of-tomb-raider-in-a-difficult-situation-after-laying-off-17-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-creators-of-tomb-raider-in-a-difficult-situation-after-laying-off-17-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"The creators of Tomb Raider in a difficult situation after laying off 17 employees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Crystal Dynamics has announced the layoff of 17 employees as part of a workforce restructuring, in an effort to better align the business needs with the future aspirations of the studio. <strong>In a statement published on Twitter, the company acknowledged that the decision was not made lightly, but it was deemed necessary for the long-term success of the organization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A difficult time for the company<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The last few years have been difficult for Crystal Dynamics, especially after the poor performance of Marvel&#8217;s Avengers, a live service game that was pulled from the market just three years after its release in 2020. This situation has raised concerns about the stability of the studio, especially after its acquisition by Embracer in 2022, <strong>a move that returned the Tomb Raider franchise to its original team at a challenging time for the parent company<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shadow Of The Tomb Raider - Official Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XYtyeqVQnRI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Despite the layoffs, Crystal Dynamics has stated that the job cuts \u201cwill not alter our current project plans.\u201d <strong>The studio is working on a reboot of Perfect Dark in collaboration with The Initiative and on a new Tomb Raider title, the first since Shadow of the Tomb Raider, released in 2018<\/strong>. However, since the reveal of concept art in 2024, no significant updates have been shared about these projects.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>While the figure of 17 layoffs is not alarming compared to the tens of thousands of jobs that have been lost in the video game industry recently, each layoff has a real impact on the lives of those affected and raises questions about the future of the studio. <strong>Crystal Dynamics has also worked on remasters of classic titles, such as the Tomb Raider games and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver<\/strong>, thus demonstrating a commitment to diversifying its portfolio while facing this difficult period.<\/p>\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=\"Steam\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3047d89c-96d0-11e6-8546-00163ed833e7\/2505233623\/steam-download.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Steam<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.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:\/\/steam.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crystal Dynamics has announced the layoff of 17 employees as part of a workforce restructuring, in an effort to better align the business needs with the studio&#8217;s future aspirations. In a statement published on Twitter, the company acknowledged that the decision was not made lightly, but was deemed necessary for the long-term success of the organization. A challenging time for the company The last few years have been difficult for Crystal Dynamics, especially after the poor performance of Marvel&#8217;s Avengers, a live service game that was pulled from the market only [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":299117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[8950,9914,9915,8953,7224,9916,9917,2160],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-299115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-crystal-dynamics","tag-embracer","tag-legacy-of-kain-soul-reaver","tag-marvels-avengers","tag-perfect-dark","tag-shadow-of-the-bomg-raider","tag-the-iniciative","tag-tomb-raider","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308446,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299115\/revisions\/308446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299115"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=299115"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=299115"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=299115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}