Problems could not be avoided: Civilisation Firaxis developer lays off 30 employees

Firaxis, the development studio behind Civilisation and XCOM, has made a series of layoffs, with about 30 employees losing their jobs. It is doing this so that it can "sharpen focus, increase efficiency, and align our talent with their highest priorities".

As is usually the case in such cases, Firaxis is not blaming anyone in particular for the layoffs, but it's not hard to see that the main reason is the need to optimise costs due to the failure of Marvel's Midnight Sun and the departure of one of the creative leaders, Jake Solomon, who was responsible for the project.

So, Firaxis wants to gather its strength after an unrivalled (but appropriately so) productivity during the development of MMS, although it is also reported that it continues to develop projects "that have received critical acclaim", which is probably a hint of a new Civilisation.

Source: PC Gamer