{"id":9929,"date":"2023-06-01T10:38:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T10:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/noxplay1685587101j7Y7xDGeiCrHavUm4jESB"},"modified":"2023-06-01T10:38:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T10:38:21","slug":"noxplay1685587101j7Y7xDGeiCrHavUm4jESB","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/noxplay1685587101j7Y7xDGeiCrHavUm4jESB\/","title":{"rendered":"XCOM And Civilization Developer Firaxis Games Hit With Layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Firaxis Games is the latest video game studio to be hit with layoffs. The studio is known for games such as XCOM and Marvel&#8217;s Midnight Suns.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, a Firaxis spokesperson said it was due to a &#8220;sharpening of focus, enhancements of efficiencies, and an alignment of our talent against our highest priorities.&#8221; <a data-target=\"true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:black;\">According to Axios<\/a>, about 30 employees were eliminated from their positions.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Midnight Suns creative director Jake Solomon and Firaxis studio head Steve Martin <a data-ref-id=\"1100-6511626\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:black;\">left the studio<\/a>. While Martin didn&#8217;t comment on his departure, Solomon said that he was moving on to something creatively new. Furthermore, Midnight Suns didn&#8217;t sell well despite good reviews, and the <a data-ref-id=\"1100-6513771\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:black;\">Nintendo Switch version was recently canceled<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for what Firaxis&#8217; future holds, the studio is currently working on a new Civilization game, but <a data-ref-id=\"1100-6510934\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:black;\">no new XCOM game<\/a> is in the works right now.<\/p>\n<p>Firaxis isn&#8217;t the only studio this month to lay off employees. In just May 2023 alone, <a data-ref-id=\"1100-6514473\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:black;\">Relic Entertainment<\/a>, <a data-ref-id=\"1100-6513981\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:black;\">Ubisoft<\/a>, <a data-ref-id=\"1100-6513789\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:black;\">Unity<\/a>, and <a data-ref-id=\"1100-6514396\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:black;\">Brace Yourself Games<\/a> have cut back their development teams.<\/p>\n<div class=\"js-mapped-ad mapped-ad mapped-mpu_middle mapped-mpu_middle-dart js-seamless-middle-mpu float-right no-inner-space\" data-ad-type=\"mpu_middle\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"ad-wrap ad-wrap-mpu_middle gpt-ad hide\" id=\"mpu_middle\" data-gpt-page-params=\"{&quot;ptype&quot;:&quot;news_article&quot;,&quot;contentid_nr&quot;:&quot;gs-1100-6514697&quot;,&quot;game&quot;:&quot;sid-meiers-civilization-vi&quot;,&quot;gnre&quot;:&quot;strategy,turn-based&quot;,&quot;rdate&quot;:&quot;bp52&quot;,&quot;pform&quot;:&quot;pc,macintosh,linux,ios-iphoneipad,nintendo-switch,playstation-4,xbox-one,mobile&quot;,&quot;publisher&quot;:&quot;2k-games,aspyr,take-two-interactive&quot;,&quot;franchise&quot;:&quot;civilization&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;games&quot;,&quot;user&quot;:&quot;anon&quot;,&quot;verticalName&quot;:&quot;gaming&quot;,&quot;ttag&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;ftag&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;session&quot;:&quot;m&quot;,&quot;subses&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;pv&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;vguid&quot;:&quot;102a84f5-1b4b-4962-bd9d-a05a083b304d&quot;,&quot;is_mobile&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;uap&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;uap_c&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;npa&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;rdp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;s0&quot;:&quot;gaming&quot;,&quot;s1&quot;:&quot;gamespot&quot;,&quot;skin&quot;:&quot;gamespot_desktop&quot;,&quot;seg&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;aamid&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;AU_SEG&quot;:[&quot;AU_SEG_AGE_25-34&quot;,&quot;AU_AUD_IV6TS9&quot;,&quot;AU_AUD_96YYE5&quot;,&quot;AU_AUD_WTG30Y&quot;,&quot;AU_AUD_HKPAGX&quot;,&quot;AU_SEG_PLAYSTATION&quot;,&quot;AU_AUD_P9WDOQ&quot;,&quot;AU_SEG_FANDOLDA&quot;,&quot;AU_AUD_3KLVN5&quot;,&quot;AU_AUD_65QSEL&quot;,&quot;AU_SEG_GENDER_MALE&quot;,&quot;AU_SEG_AGE_25-54_2&quot;,&quot;AU_AUD_DXBN74&quot;,&quot;AU_AUD_1TIPL4&quot;,&quot;AU_SEG_AGE_35-44&quot;,&quot;AU_AUD_R5G6JC&quot;,&quot;AU_SEG_AGE_25-54&quot;],&quot;ppid&quot;:&quot;dff4b07f-0d59-41a6-b9f0-9286ae325a06&quot;}\" data-gpt-slot-params=\"{&quot;pos_nr&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:[&quot;gamespot&quot;],&quot;pos&quot;:&quot;mpu_middle&quot;,&quot;rv&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;sl&quot;:&quot;mpu_middle?T-1000&quot;,&quot;iid&quot;:&quot;unit=mpu_middle|vguid=102a84f5-1b4b-4962-bd9d-a05a083b304d|pv=1&quot;}\" data-slot-result=\"collapse\" data-google-query-id=\"CMSaw_nRsv8CFabITAIdkk0G0w\" data-gpt-advertiser-id=\"null\" data-gpt-order-id=\"null\" data-gpt-creative-id=\"null\" data-gpt-line-item-id=\"null\" data-gpt-creative-size=\"null\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/5441\/aw-gamespot\/news_2__container__\" style=\"border: 0pt none; 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You can run NoxPlayer perfectly on commonly-used operating systems like Windows 7, 8, 10, 11, and iOS.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Visit our site to learn more about NoxPlayer : <a href=\"www.bignox.com\">www.bignox.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.bignox.com\/en\/download\/fullPackage?formal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13470 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/res09.bignox.com\/appcenter\/en\/gp-game-image\/fc69ed2b06f33aaf3d9ebe89e051f3d4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1104\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<section data-v-12600b54=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-12600b54=\"\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Source:Gamespot<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firaxis Games is the latest video game studio to be hit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[291],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9929"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}