## Crytek laying off 15 percent of workforce and placing Crysis 4 on hiatus

Authored by gamedeveloper.com

Crytek is laying off 15 percent of its workforce and pausing production on Crysis 4.

The company broke the news on X and explained the layoffs will impact its development and shared services teams.

The German studio currently has around 400 employees, meaning around 60 people could lose their jobs.

Crytek claimed the layoffs are a result of the "complex, unfavorable market dynamics that have hit our industry these past several years.".

"After putting the development of the next Crysis game on hold in Q3 2024, we have been trying to shift developers over to Hunt: Showdown 1896.

"While Hunt: Showdown 1896 is still growing, Crytek cannot continue as before and remain financially sustainable.

"We will continue to expand and evolve Hunt: Showdown 1896 with great content and drive our strategy for our engine CryEngine. »

### Trump Taunted Over ‘Most Powerless Image Of A President’ Ever

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We won't back down from our mission of providing free, fair news during this critical moment. »

### More than 100 women kept as slaves in illegal egg harvesting farm in Georgia

Authored by thenewfeminist.co.uk

A deeply disturbing case of human trafficking and exploitation has emerged from Georgia, where over 100 women were held captive and forced into a human egg harvesting operation.

The women were taken to isolated properties where they were given hormone treatments to stimulate egg production and forced to undergo egg retrieval procedures monthly.

One of the survivors, speaking at a press conference in Bangkok, described the conditions inside the so-called ‘egg farm’ as inhumane. »

### $900M in Institute of Education Sciences contracts axed

Authored by insidehighered.com

The Trump administration canceled nearly $900 million in Institute of Education Sciences contracts Monday—a massive blow to a U.S. Education Department agency that houses the National Center for Education Statistics, funds research on how to improve higher education and provides publicly accessible data on U.S. postsecondary institutions.

The institute had an $807 million budget for fiscal year 2024, a sliver of the Education Department’s $79.1 billion budget.

Institute for Higher Education Policy president Mamie Voight said the cuts will “cause long-term scarring on our nation’s postsecondary system.”. »

### CPI report: US inflation heats up to 3% for first time since June

Authored by cnn.com

“The long national nightmare of inflation isn’t over yet for consumers, businesses, and investors,” Chris Rupkey, chief economist at FwdBonds, wrote in commentary issued Wednesday morning.

US stocks dropped Wednesday, with investors concerned that inflation has reversed its recent progress and could lead to higher interest rates.

Economists were expecting inflation to pick up 0.3% from December, keeping the annual rate at 2.9%, according to FactSet consensus estimates. »

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