That's No Moon lays off 14 staff two months after revealing Crossfire

That's No Moon, the studio behind the recently announced military sci-fi shooter Crossfire, has laid off at least 14 employees — just two months after the game's reveal trailer dropped. No reason for the cuts has been given publicly.

The layoffs were spotted by IGN after several developers posted about their situations on LinkedIn and similar platforms. A senior concept artist confirmed the total of 14 affected staff. Among those let go was an environment artist who noted it was their first job in the games industry. The timing is striking — Crossfire has no release date, and the studio only went public with the project eight weeks ago.

That's No Moon was founded roughly five years ago by veterans from Naughty Dog and Infinity Ward, two studios with serious pedigree in cinematic action and military shooters respectively. Crossfire itself is a new entry in the long-running Crossfire franchise, originally a Korean online tactical FPS that became a massive hit in Asian markets. The series has struggled to translate that success globally — CrossfireX, which had Remedy Entertainment handle its singleplayer campaigns, shut down just over a year after launch and never made it to PC. Crossfire: Legion, an RTS spin-off released in 2022, was delisted last year. That's No Moon's take on the IP appeared to be a more cinematic, single-player-leaning shooter with an adaptive cover system, though details beyond the reveal trailer remain thin.

With no explanation from the studio and no release window in sight, the situation leaves both the remaining team and the project's future uncertain. Best of luck to everyone affected in finding their next role.