The studio behind Tomb Raider announces very bad news, which is quite scary for the future. The fans fear the worst. Should we really be afraid of Lara?
The next Tomb Raider is long overdue and there is still no news. Since 2022 as announced in development in Unreal Engine 5, the game has not had a sign of life since then. Now in the hands of Kiss and Amazon, who becomes his privileged publisher, the license was reappeared thanks to two collections of remasters who revived the first adventure of the adventurer. For the flagship game developed by Crystal Dynamics, however, it is radio silence. And while the fans observe from the studio after the lowest acts and gestures, they are very bad news that has just been announced by the latter.
The studio behind Tomb Raider announces very bad news
It is a real disaster that has been hitting the entire industry for years. Years after Covid really complicated. The layoffs are a legion after the explosion due to the pandemic, and unfortunately the crystal dynamics do not evade.
The studio has announced on its social networks that they have separated from almost twenty employees. KISS had already made many cuts in his ranks, and now it is the studio itself that is affected two years after his previous layoffs.
17 talented employees were thanked. A decision that was not made lightly, as the studio reports, but unfortunately “is necessary to better align the current needs and future success of the studio”, can be read in the press release. The developer of Tomb Raider stipulates that this strong decision “does not reflect the commitment nor the skills of the data subject.
Should we be afraid for the future?
The company stipulates that this bad news does not change the current projects and therefore in cooperation with the initiative the current projects and thus also into the development of Tomb Raider or even perfect darkness. If you really want to believe you, the lack of communication in the license, the particularly tense environment that envelops the entire industry and the lack of communication does not really help to be calmed down. We can put everything in the right perspective by saying that the studio has lost fewer than 30 employees in the past 4 years. However, these messages are never good and never give anything good, whether for artists, the studio or for players.
Tomb Raider is interested in quickly turning the fears once and for all. We cross our thumb for 2025.
