Following Xbox’s Perfect Dark Cancellation, Crystal Dynamics Suffers More 2025 Layoffs
By “This choice didn’t arrive without deep deliberation.
Back in March— weeks before Microsoft axed Perfect Dark — one of its support groups, Crystal Dynamics, already weathered its first wave of job cuts. Now, with the Xbox cancellation firmly in the rear-view mirror, the studio has trimmed its workforce again during 2025.
Crystal staff confirmed the newest reductions via LinkedIn posts this week…