XCOM and Civilization developer Firaxis lays off around 30 employees

Firaxis Games – the developer behind the likes of XCOM, Civilization 6, and last year’s Marvel’s Midnight Suns – has laid off around 30 developers.

The layoffs occurred yesterday according to a report by Axios, with a representative for Firaxis publisher 2K Games telling the website the cuts were made due to a “sharpening of focus, enhancements of efficiencies, and an alignment of our talent against our highest priorities”.

These latest job cuts mark the second round of layoffs at the publisher this year. Back in March, Take-Two confirmed it was cutting jobs at Private Division – the publishing label behind OlliOlli World and Kerbal Space Program – alongside other unspecified parts of the company.