Raven Software, the developer behind the X-Men Legends games and recent first-person shooter Singularity, has laid off around 40 employees. Raven has been scaling its workforce back considerably since Activision acquired it in 1997..

The daily deluge of industry woes unfortunately continues as Edge confirmed rumors that Sega of America has laid off around 30 people. A rep for the company blamed the biggest villain in the game industry right now, the flagging economy.

The House of Hedgehog hasn’t said exactly how this will affect…