--- title: Iron Galaxy lays off employees as it reduces company size description: Iron Galaxy Studios, the Chicago-based co-development and porting firm known for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 and The Last of Us Part I PC port, is laying off an... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/iron-galaxy-lays-off-employees-as-it-reduces-company-size-xswsmpchl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Iron Galaxy lays off employees as it reduces company size | daily.dev og:description: Iron Galaxy Studios, the Chicago-based co-development and porting firm known for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 and The Last of Us Part I PC port, is laying off an... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/iron-galaxy-lays-off-employees-as-it-reduces-company-size-xswsmpchl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xsWsMPChl.png og:image:alt: Iron Galaxy lays off employees as it reduces company size og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Iron Galaxy lays off employees as it reduces company size **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Iron Galaxy Studios, the Chicago-based co-development and porting firm known for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 and The Last of Us Part I PC port, is laying off an undisclosed number of employees as it restructures. The studio cited permanent shifts in video game market conditions, noting that publishers have changed their investment criteria and players consume games differently. This follows a 2025 round of 66 layoffs described as a 'last-ditch' effort to save the company. Iron Galaxy is now accepting the current market downturn as the new normal and adopting a smaller company structure accordingly. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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