--- title: Report: Crossfire dev That's No Moon lays off 14 staff description: That's No Moon, the studio developing Crossfire and backed by Smilegate with a $100 million investment, has reportedly laid off 14 staff members. The news... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/report-crossfire-dev-that-s-no-moon-lays-off-14-staff-eh8jtymml twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Report: Crossfire dev That's No Moon lays off 14 staff | daily.dev og:description: That's No Moon, the studio developing Crossfire and backed by Smilegate with a $100 million investment, has reportedly laid off 14 staff members. The news... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/report-crossfire-dev-that-s-no-moon-lays-off-14-staff-eh8jtymml og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Eh8Jtymml.png og:image:alt: Report: Crossfire dev That's No Moon lays off 14 staff 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. # Report: Crossfire dev That's No Moon lays off 14 staff **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary That's No Moon, the studio developing Crossfire and backed by Smilegate with a $100 million investment, has reportedly laid off 14 staff members. The news surfaced through LinkedIn posts from affected employees including an associate environment artist, a procedural technical artist, a senior environment concept artist, and a producer. The studio was founded in mid-2021 by former Infinity Ward and Naughty Dog veterans. Crossfire was revealed at Summer Game Fest earlier this year. Game Developer has reached out to the studio for comment. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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