"It's Impossible to Sustain Our Team Size" - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 Developer Iron Galaxy Announces More Layoffs Following Cuts Last Year

Iron Galaxy, the Studio Behind Tony Hawk 3+4, Has Announced More Layoffs

The developers behind Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4, Iron Galaxy, announced through a LinkedIn post that they are laying off more people. Note that this announcement comes directly from the development studio itself, not Activision, which publishes the Tony Hawk games. The interesting part here is how the studio accepts that this has now become a trend in the industry: “Players consume games in new ways. Publishers have different criteria for inv…

The games industry will never "get back to normal", lament Tony Hawk devs Iron Galaxy, as they make another round of layoffs

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 developers Iron Galaxy are laying off an unknown number of people, as they struggle to "adapt to the climate" of a videogames industry that is refusing to "get back to normal". This follows a round of 66 job losses at Iron Galaxy last February, which were described as a "last resort".

"It's impossible to sustain our team size" - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 developer Iron Galaxy announces more layoffs following cuts last year

Iron Galaxy Studios has, over the years, contributed to series such as Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Uncharted, and Fallout while also developing original titles of its own like Extinction and Rumbleverse. But even working on high profile series like those listed hasn't saved it previouslyhaving to make layoffs to ensure its survival, and things aren't looking much brighter in 2026.