Concerns Of Possible Layoffs Swirl Around MMO Dev Cryptic Studios As High-Profile Devs List They Are 'Open For Work' Over Weekend
Over the weekend, a few well-known developers at Cryptic Studios posted «looking for work» notices on their LinkedIn, fueling speculation that something might be happening at the MMO developer. Given the current climate of game studios laying off staff recently, the LinkedIn posts have fueled fears that Cryptic might be gearing up to be the next.
First spotted by Twitter user Timur222 (as reported by Game World Observer on Reddit), the posts all hit LinkedIn from multiple developers at Cryptic Studios across multiple disciplines. Some of the names include prominent game devs on the Star Trek Online team, notably senior game designer Jesse Heinig and community manager Mike «Ambassador Kael» Tatum.
<p dir=«ltr» lang=«en» xml:lang=«en»>Just saw thisLooks like Cryptic Studios was hit with layoffs pic.twitter.com/6trys9PxiwThe Looking For Work posts have garnered enough attention that Tatum took to Twitter to clarify that he has «not been laid off» from Cryptic, further stating that there have been no changes at Cryptic «at this time.»
<p dir=«ltr» lang=«en» xml:lang=«en»>Just to post it here, no, I have not been laid off from Cryptic.<p dir=«ltr» lang=«en» xml:lang=«en»>To further clarify, none of the teams at Cryptic have changed at this time.While nothing concrete has been announced by Cryptic, Gearbox, or parent company Embracer Group, it's not hard to speculate that something could be up when multiple team members switch their LinkedIn profiles over around the same time. Embracer Group itself is in the midst of turmoil, at least how it looks on the outside, as the company has made several changes this year to save costs. From layoffs at the beginning of the summer that could be due to the $2 billion USD deal that fell
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