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Civilization VII Team at Firaxis Games Faces Layoffs
Firaxis Games laid off dozens of employees during a restructuring despite Civilization VII's sales meeting initial projections, reflecting broader industry cost-cutting trends, sources said.
- On September 4, 2K Games confirmed a staff reduction at Firaxis Games, developer of Civilization VII, as the studio restructures and optimizes for adaptability and creativity.
- Civilization VII's mixed launch prompted 2K and Firaxis to describe layoffs as a restructure to optimize development for adaptability, collaboration, and creativity.
- Emma Kidwell, Firaxis writer, and other developers confirmed on LinkedIn they were let go, while Game Developer's sources estimate the layoffs impacted "dozens" of workers.
- Despite the cuts, executives stress long-term confidence and 2K and Firaxis said they will continue releasing updates and patches to improve Civ VII while the studio restructures.
- Industry-Wide job losses continue while major releases remain scheduled, with Firaxis following Cloud Chamber's 80 layoffs last month and Take-Two preparing Borderlands 4 later this month and Grand Theft Auto VI next year.
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Firaxis Lays Off Employees, Despite Publisher Claiming Civilization 7 Sales Are 'Consistent With Expectations'
Civilization VII developer Firaxis has laid off an unknown number of individuals today, despite the insistance of Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick that the game's sales are consistent with expectations.
NewsGaming.net 2K fired at the Firacis studio, a few months after the launch of Civilization VII Civilization VII had a complicated start, and even if Take-Two wants to believe in the future of the game, it is clear that this seventh episode starts off from the wrong foot. Proof of this is that the Firacis studio is unfortunately not going out unharmed. Game Developer site has obtained confirmation that layoffs are underway in the studio behind …
The studio behind Civilization 7 has recently and officially been the subject of sad news. What impact will this have on the game and the future of the teams?
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