Hunt: Showdown and Crysis Crytek developers are eliminating about 15 percent of their workforce – about 60 of 400 – before the complex and unfavorable market motivation has attacked our industry in the past few years. This happened after they suspended the development of the sequel to the FPS Crysis 4 last year, with the staff switching to the service to restart the direct service of Showdown: Showdown 1896. Crytek now says they need to cut to maintain financial sustainability.
“Like many of our colleagues, we are not immunities with complex and disadvantages market dynamics that have attacked our industry in the past few years,” said a statement published in social media. “That makes us painful to share that we have to fire about 15 % of our 400 employees. The dismissal affects the development groups and sharing services.
This is not an easy decision to make, because we appreciate the difficult work of our talented teams, it continues. After holding the development of the next crysis game in the third quarter of 2024, we tried to move developers to Hunt: Showdown 1896.
“While Hunt: Showdown 1896 is still growing, Crytek cannot continue as before and still financially sustainable. Even after continuous efforts to reduce costs and cut operating costs, we have determined that the dismissal is inevitable.
You may wonder what the market motivation is complicated and unfavorable has attacked our industry for many years, really mentioned. I can do it with a little explanation of myself. Are they talking about companies expanding too fast, amid optimistic predictions about growth after the course? Betting too much on VR’s success? Interest rates increase and living expenses? It has returned for 10 years, but Crytek is incorrect to have a great tracking profile to speak frankly about firing.
A glance at Hunt: Showdown’s Steamdb simultaneous data shows that the game is working well, but still far from a 5 -level GTA spinner. It soared to about 60,000 players simultaneously in August 2024 with the release of the update in 1896. Ignoring the games, Crytek with their business, dating back to the strange period.
For Crysis 4, it was announced by 2022 in the way we would not see anything specific for a while, and so it was proven: This is just our second news story about the game. I am not optimistic for the future of the project. Good luck to everyone affected by the reduction of Crytek.
