TheSheaf: This year, the release of Deus Ex: Human Revolution from Eidos Montreal Studio on Aug. 23 marked the beginning of this perennial season of wallet emptying. Met with unanimous critical praise, the game, Eidos Montreal’s 4-year project, is being touted as a worthwhile adventure to purchase. The overall success of this game is indicative of how far big budget video game development has come in Canada.
Game development has exploded in Canada in the last decade, with recent examples of Warner Brother’s, THQ, and the Ubisoft studio openings in Ontario and Quebec.
Jason Schreier claims Eidos-Montréal layoffs are tied to a canceled original game not mentioned in the studio’s official statement.
Eidos Montreal has imposed another round of layoffs, announcing today that 124 employees have been put out of work. Longtime studio head David Anfossi has also left, although it's unclear at this point whether he resigned or was also laid off.
I guess we’re never getting another deus ex game. Or any game directly made from this studio.
One of Eidos-Montréal's cancelled projects, a Lord of the Rings title with a Telltale-like story, gets its first look, revealing the setting.
