Embracer-owned Cryptic Studios will suffer devastating layoffs at the end of October

09 Oct 2024Source: MassivelyOp
We’ve been keeping a very worried eye on Cryptic Studios for the last year or so, ever since it became clear that the floundering Embracer Group was planning to split up the Gearbox-run studios and parcel them out to soothe investor worries, at the cost of many jobs at the end of 2023. And though […]


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