Has many fans Deus Ex Eidos, the developer of the games, was acquired by Embracer Group in 2022 for $ 300 million. Embracer, which has been going through a turbulent period lately, has finalized its new Deus Ex game. Following the game’s cancellation, layoffs took place at Eidos. The company terminates the employment of 97 people in total.
Embracer Ended Deus Ex Game Project
Canada-based video game developer company founded by Eidos Interactive in 2007 Eidos Monteral, It was purchased by Embracer Group in 2022 and started operating under this roof. The company, the developer of the popular Deus Ex games, was in the process of developing a new Deus Ex game. The last main game of the Deus Ex series was introduced to the players in 2016.
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Swedish video game conglomerate Embracer Group It has been going through a turbulent period lately. The company, which showed aggressive growth like many game companies during the pandemic period, had to make some strategic moves after the unexpected termination of its agreement with a partner (Savvy Games Group). Embracer, which entered the restructuring process in June last year, had to make radical decisions in this context.
embracer in the process of restructuring, shut down video game developer Volition (developer of the Saints Row game). Subsequently, Embracer, which laid off 900 employees last September, parted ways with 50 employees of Fishlabs, the company that developed the Chorus game.
At the beginning of 2024, Emracer closed Lost Boys Interactive, the producer of Tiny Tina’s Wonderland. The restructuring process of the company, which has now canceled the new game of Deus Ex, will continue until the beginning of April. Embracer published a 3-month report on February 15 and stated that it would make statements about how the structuring period would proceed.
Statement from Eidos Montreal
Eidos Montreal He made statements regarding the issue through X. The company stated that the difficulties arising in the gaming industry, global economic difficulties and Embracer’s restructuring process affected Eidos and as a result, some layoffs occurred. The X share of the company, which announced that a total of 97 people from the development team, management and support team will be terminated, is as follows:
New game of the Deus Ex series The first news about it appeared in 2022. There has been no leak about the details of the game so far, and it has been heard that the development process will begin at the end of 2024. With this new decision Deus Ex The new game has been cancelled. It is said that Eidos Montreal will focus on a different original series instead of this game.