Crytek, a renowned game developer, has recently announced layoffs affecting 60 of its 400 employees, which constitutes 15% of its workforce. In a tweet, the company stated that despite the growth of their game Hunt: Showdown, they could not "continue as before and remain financially sustainable." This decision comes after Crytek put Crysis 4 on hold in late 2024 and attempted to reassign staff to Hunt: Showdown in an effort to reduce costs and operating expenses. Despite these efforts, layoffs became "inevitable."
The layoffs have impacted staff across Crytek's development teams and shared services. In response, the company has committed to providing severance packages to the affected employees.
Here is the full statement from Crytek founder Avni Yerli:
Like so many of our peers, we aren’t immune to the complex, unfavorable market dynamics that have hit our industry these past several years. It pains me greatly to share today that we must lay off an estimated 15% of our around 400 employees. The layoffs affect development teams and shared services.
This has not been an easy decision to make, as we deeply appreciate the hard work of our talented teams. After putting the development of the next Crysis game on hold in Q3 2024, we have been trying to shift developers over to Hunt: Showdown 1896.
While Hunt: Showdown 1896 is still growing, Crytek cannot continue as before and remain financially sustainable. Even after ongoing efforts to reduce costs and cut operating expenses, we have determined that layoffs are inevitable to move forward. Crytek will offer affected employees severance packages and career assistance services.
We firmly believe in the future of Crytek. With Hunt: Showdown 1896, we have a very strong gaming service and remain fully committed to its operation. We will continue to expand and evolve Hunt: Showdown 1896 with great content and drive our strategy for our engine CRYENGINE.
Last year, leaks surfaced about Crytek's work on a battle royale-inspired Crysis project, codenamed Crysis Next. Early gameplay footage on YouTube showed third-person shooting in a basic warm-up arena, featuring Crysis’ signature abilities and sound effects. However, Crysis Next was never officially announced and was eventually canceled in favor of Crysis 4, which was announced in January 2022.
Crysis is a celebrated first-person sci-fi shooter series, acclaimed for its stunning visuals, innovative nanosuit powers, and open-ended gameplay. The original Crysis, released in 2007, became a benchmark for PC performance due to its high system requirements, leading to the famous phrase, "But can it run Crysis?" This catchphrase became a standard for evaluating PC specifications in the years following the game's release.
The most recent mainline entry, Crysis 3, was released in February 2013. While Crytek has released remasters of the original games in recent years, updates on Crysis 4 have been scarce since its announcement and teaser three years ago.
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