Eidos Montreal could be in deeper trouble after Grounded 2 and Fable are released, as more layoffs are supposedly in the works thereafter. Two rounds of layoffs have occurred this year alone, with 75 employees let go in March, and several more this past week. As it's the unenviable task of laid-off personnel to take a terrifying gamble in search for new work, resumés have now popped up, and we've learned of a sci-fi game in the stealth genre, and a turn-based point-and-click adventure. The former could well have been another Deus Ex.
Grounded 2, of course, is already out. Except not really - it is in early access, after all. That gives Eidos Montreal more time to dig down with further results. But if a reliable insider is to be believed, and we'll always leave room for doubt but Tom Henderson's track record is hardly dire, the gaming world also missed out something potentially quite special from Tolkien's Middle-earth.
The UK isn't Nintendo's biggest market by any stretch, but I'd still label this an overperformance on Sony's part.
That's the latest little revelation from Tom Henderson of Insider Gaming fame. A Lord of...
