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This is actually a boom time of an unprecedented number of start up studios... by That make mobile games. 10/26/2012, 12:32am PDT
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Bump this thread every time devs cut staff after a game launch NT by Souffle of Pain 10/11/2010, 1:02pm PDT NEW
    Raven by Souffle of Pain 10/11/2010, 1:03pm PDT NEW
        The only "downloadable content" I want from Raven is Take No Prisoners on XBLA by Jerry Whorebach 10/11/2010, 3:10pm PDT NEW
            Re: The only "downloadable content" I want from Raven is Take No Prisone by laudablepuss 10/11/2010, 3:39pm PDT NEW
                Awesome. I guess this makes you the Take No Prisoners of Caltrops posters? NT by Jerry Whorebach 10/11/2010, 8:17pm PDT NEW
        EA Canada by Souffle of Pain 10/28/2010, 10:23am PDT NEW
            Re: EA Canada by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/03/2010, 7:50am PST NEW
                Interesting thing about games being late by Fullofkittens 12/03/2010, 7:57am PST NEW
                    Re: Interesting thing about games being late by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/03/2010, 10:48am PST NEW
                        Valve? by motherfuckerfoodeater 12/03/2010, 10:59am PST NEW
                            Re: Valve? by Mysterious Stranger 12/03/2010, 1:24pm PST NEW
                                Re: Valve? by motherfuckerfoodeater 12/03/2010, 2:38pm PST NEW
                        Agile development and commercial games by The Happiness Engine 12/03/2010, 3:45pm PST NEW
                            Re: Agile development and commercial games by Bananadine 12/03/2010, 4:17pm PST NEW
                            Games with a subscription model fit the paradigm better, I think by Fullofkittens 12/07/2010, 9:38am PST NEW
                            3 YEARS LATER... by Fullofkittens 02/20/2014, 6:27pm PST NEW
                Re: EA Canada by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/03/2010, 8:37am PST NEW
                    That strong stalwart of California, EA Canada. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/03/2010, 8:40am PST NEW
                    EA threatens to lay off Tiger Woods by Ray of Light 12/06/2010, 8:48pm PST NEW
                        Re: EA threatens to lay off Tiger Woods by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/06/2010, 10:26pm PST NEW
                            Re: EA threatens to lay off Tiger Woods by blackwater 04/10/2014, 9:02am PDT NEW
    Bizarre Creations by Souffle of Pain 11/17/2010, 11:48am PST NEW
    Disney closes Propaganda Games, makers of Tron: Evolution. by Jerry Whorebach 01/19/2011, 2:19pm PST NEW
        Closing the whole studio after a project is some scorched earth shit. by Some new games journalist should 01/21/2011, 3:01am PST NEW
            Can that article be written in the form of pasted press releases? by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/21/2011, 7:30am PST NEW
                :( NT by Blues News 01/21/2011, 6:35pm PST NEW
        Turns out the guy who invented Geometry Wars is named Stephen Cakebread. by Jerry Whorebach 01/24/2011, 3:34am PST NEW
    Team Bondi (L.A. Noire) by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/02/2011, 10:23am PDT NEW
        Re: Team Bondi (L.A. Noire) by jeep 09/04/2011, 12:45pm PDT NEW
    The Bank of America Confidence Game is almost over so they're laying off 30000 by jeep 09/15/2011, 9:24pm PDT NEW
    Visceral Australia? by The Happiness Engine 09/19/2011, 11:32pm PDT NEW
        It's too bad they DIDN'T wait until their game launched to fire these guys. by Jerry Whorebach 09/20/2011, 12:30am PDT NEW
            The subject of the above post is not Visceral Australia, but another developer NT by mentioned in the same article :( 09/20/2011, 12:34am PDT NEW
    CCP 20% layoffs (120 people) NT by jeep 10/19/2011, 7:15pm PDT NEW
        This is the thanks they get for rushing EVE Online out the door! NT by Eight years of gainful employment! 10/20/2011, 1:00am PDT NEW
            It was mostly the World of Darkness team that got axed NT by Entropy Stew 10/20/2011, 9:55am PDT NEW
                HAHA WOW by WITTGENSTEIN 10/20/2011, 3:34pm PDT NEW
                    nah he's a big KOTOR fan he'll just switch to that by jeep 10/21/2011, 7:01pm PDT NEW
                        "I used to control a space empire of nerds. Bow before me." NT by Darth Mittani 11/01/2011, 12:52pm PDT NEW
                            he used to make let's plays of the kotor games by jeep 11/05/2011, 3:31pm PDT NEW
                                that was the wrong link sorry NT by jeep 11/05/2011, 10:49pm PDT NEW
                                Re: he used to make let's plays of the kotor games by E. L. Koba 11/06/2011, 11:48am PST NEW
                                    a child drew it by jeep 11/06/2011, 3:49pm PST NEW
    Silicon Knights down to 25 people after X-Men: Destiny by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 10/31/2011, 9:13pm PDT NEW
    NetDevil closes Play Well Studios, 115 jobs gone NT by jeep 11/08/2011, 8:09pm PST NEW
        I interviewed with them once. by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/08/2011, 8:55pm PST NEW
            Re: I didn't by jeep 11/16/2011, 7:29am PST NEW
    Day 1 Studios (F.E.A.R. 3, MechAssault) I heard maybe 100 people by jeep 12/04/2011, 7:34pm PST NEW
    GSC Game World CEO Hryhorovych Announces Closure Of Company by McMoo 12/12/2011, 8:39am PST NEW
        That is a disaster. :( NT by Eurotrash 12/12/2011, 9:21am PST NEW
        That is very sad by motherfuckerfoodeater 12/12/2011, 9:24am PST NEW
            Get out of here, Stalker NT by The KGB 12/12/2011, 12:50pm PST NEW
        I felt Stalker just kept getting worse with every game they made by The Happiness Engine 12/12/2011, 11:33am PST NEW
            CoP was easy mode. NT by Gutsby 12/12/2011, 6:22pm PST NEW
                If you were good you could get an exoskeleton within the first 3rd of the game by WITTGENSTEIN 07/12/2012, 4:29pm PDT NEW
            I was just grateful for more Stalker goodness. Gameplay and balance was always by Eurotrash 12/14/2011, 5:07am PST NEW
                Metro 2033 was terrible. Like a haunted house train-ride. by The Happiness Engine 12/14/2011, 10:53am PST NEW
                    Metro 2033 development floundering without anyone from whom to steal by motherfuckerfoodeater 02/03/2012, 11:38am PST NEW
        Duke Stalkem Forever by motherfuckerfoodeater 01/17/2012, 7:12pm PST NEW
    id Software by jeep 01/11/2012, 3:18pm PST NEW
        unrelated by laudablepuss 01/11/2012, 3:41pm PST NEW
            there's not gonna be a fallout mmo, maybe play f2p Fallen Earth to see why by jeep 01/11/2012, 4:21pm PST NEW
                Re: there's not gonna be a fallout mmo, maybe play f2p Fallen Earth to see why by Brandon Flick 01/11/2012, 9:12pm PST NEW
                    Re: there's not gonna be a fallout mmo, maybe play f2p Fallen Earth to see why by jeep 01/12/2012, 11:36am PST NEW
            I still can't believe Bethesda paid $7,750,000 for the rights to Fallout. by Jerry Whorebach 01/11/2012, 9:24pm PST NEW
                I think the Troika people who didn't end up at Obsidian by jeep 01/12/2012, 11:33am PST NEW
                    I don't *think* there are any ex-Troika people at Bethesda, but I could be wrong by Jerry Whorebach 01/12/2012, 1:23pm PST NEW
                        my mistake bethesda got the guys from black isle by jeep 01/12/2012, 2:12pm PST NEW
    THQ confirms 240 job cuts, CEO takes pay cut by jeep 02/02/2012, 2:15pm PST NEW
        Since 2008, THQ has laid off nearly 700 people. NT by jeep 02/02/2012, 2:45pm PST NEW
    Eat Sleep Play laid off eight employees last week as it finishes Twisted Metal by jeep 02/07/2012, 7:45pm PST NEW
        Re: jeep's longings by N 02/07/2012, 9:09pm PST NEW
            so fr most of them are casual games by jeep 02/08/2012, 7:22am PST NEW
                Re: so fr most of them are casual games by N 02/08/2012, 4:34pm PST NEW
                    thanks by jeep 02/08/2012, 7:50pm PST NEW
        TM is going so suck so hard :( by M. Knight Trekkie 02/09/2012, 5:46am PST NEW
            Jaffe recently gave a talk on why games shouldn't try to tell stories. by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 02/09/2012, 4:10pm PST NEW
                This ator exposes TDARCOS as the fictional character we all expected. NT by But do we even care at this point? 02/11/2012, 9:58am PST NEW
                    Re: This ator exposes TDARCOS as the fictional character we all expected. by The Happiness Engine 02/11/2012, 5:04pm PST NEW
        Doublefine? by Entropy Stew 02/09/2012, 6:47pm PST NEW
            Re: Doublefine? by jeep 02/10/2012, 4:36pm PST NEW
    Obsidian 20-30 employees by jeep 03/15/2012, 8:59am PDT NEW
        Sooner or later game developers will start pulling Tonya Hardings on reviewers. NT by Mischief Maker 03/15/2012, 1:29pm PDT NEW
            no but maybe companies that aren't over a barrel will stop signing by jeep 03/16/2012, 10:57am PDT NEW
                Re: no but maybe companies that aren't over a barrel will stop signing by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/16/2012, 5:11pm PDT NEW
                    Clarification by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/16/2012, 5:17pm PDT NEW
                        That "people who did the work" thing made you out to be a commie. NT by Gutsby 04/03/2012, 7:03pm PDT NEW
                    Metacritic definitely isn't the problem by jeep 03/19/2012, 1:24pm PDT NEW
    6waves Lolapps lays off dev staff by jeep 03/20/2012, 7:20am PDT NEW
    Zynga buys developers of Draw Something for $180 million by + $30mil for "employee retention" 03/22/2012, 7:59pm PDT NEW
        not layoffs but it's sufficiently tragic by jeep 03/22/2012, 8:33pm PDT NEW
            It only took 40 people to make "Pictionary, but on a mobile phone"? NT by They ARE geniuses! 03/22/2012, 10:54pm PDT NEW
            didn't make them millionaires by jeep 04/01/2012, 11:03am PDT NEW
        hahaha, they just closed the studio by fabio 06/06/2013, 12:01am PDT NEW
            Snooped by 4 minutes! NT by fabio 06/06/2013, 1:39pm PDT NEW
        Activision buys Candy Crush developer for $5.9 billion by fabio 11/03/2015, 6:16pm PST NEW
    THQ 118 developers NT by jeep 03/30/2012, 10:31pm PDT NEW
        BioWare cuts 'Star Wars' staff by you guys are right about this 05/22/2012, 11:26am PDT NEW
            I can't find how many by jeep 05/22/2012, 8:59pm PDT NEW
    38 Studios and Big Huge Games Lay Off Entire 379-Person Workforce by jeep 05/24/2012, 3:04pm PDT NEW
        Lum came out of hiding to cover it by jeep 05/26/2012, 1:15am PDT NEW
        I know 2 of them through friends of friends by secrets 06/09/2012, 10:29am PDT NEW
            I don't know anything about full sail by jeep 06/09/2012, 9:21pm PDT NEW
                They're the most infamous of the "game school" degree mills for rich kids by TRUTH SIREN! 06/10/2012, 9:14pm PDT NEW
    THQ wipes out San Diego studio by jeep 06/05/2012, 9:24pm PDT NEW
    Radical Entertainment closes by jeep 06/28/2012, 4:23pm PDT NEW
        Getting that Prototype PC patch ain't looking good. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/12/2012, 12:58pm PDT NEW
            They said they held on to enough people to ship it by jeep 07/12/2012, 3:04pm PDT NEW
                Re: They said they held on to enough people to ship it by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/12/2012, 3:33pm PDT NEW
                    Maybe you can blame Radical by fabio 07/12/2012, 4:45pm PDT NEW
    Rockstar Vancouver closed, 35 employees: move to Toronto or lose your jobs NT by jeep 07/10/2012, 11:09am PDT NEW
    Rich Vogel has "left" BioWare Austin plus layoffs by jeep 07/17/2012, 3:08pm PDT NEW
    Microsoft Vancouver lays off 35, cancels Microsoft Flight NT by jeep 07/26/2012, 8:10am PDT NEW
    the two guys who founded Bioware by jeep 09/18/2012, 9:48pm PDT NEW
    All of PopCap Ireland NT by jeep 09/25/2012, 8:20pm PDT NEW
    Over 100 at Zynga, Boston office, most of Austin, Chicago, Japan, UK by jeep 10/24/2012, 7:32am PDT NEW
        everyone working there got what they deserved NT by Souffle of Pain 10/24/2012, 9:20am PDT NEW
            Could never understand why Brian Reynolds went there NT by Roop 10/24/2012, 5:03pm PDT NEW
                The severance package? NT by Mischief Maker 10/24/2012, 7:02pm PDT NEW
                    Haha, true. BR IS all about strategy games NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/24/2012, 10:47pm PDT NEW
                he got in really early by jeep 11/26/2012, 7:31am PST NEW
        Re: Over 100 at Zynga, Boston office, most of Austin, Chicago, Japan, UK by motherfuckerfoodeater 10/24/2012, 9:19pm PDT NEW
            Re: Over 100 at Zynga, Boston office, most of Austin, Chicago, Japan, UK by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/24/2012, 10:40pm PDT NEW
                Isn't Denver a city? by The Happiness Engine 10/25/2012, 4:20pm PDT NEW
            This is actually a boom time of an unprecedented number of start up studios... NT by That make mobile games. 10/26/2012, 12:32am PDT NEW
    EA - SEALTeam 6 by Rafiki 11/09/2012, 6:45am PST NEW
        I thought breaching in bullet time was just a dramatic effect by Entropy Stew 11/09/2012, 2:47pm PST NEW
    Eurocom sheds staff, from over 200 to less than 50 by Concerned Fan Of Awful Shovelware 11/23/2012, 4:37pm PST NEW
        filed for bankruptcy yesterday NT by jeep 12/07/2012, 8:19am PST NEW
            I feel like this was my fault for not even thinking about buying Sphinx and the by Cursed Mummy. 12/07/2012, 9:03am PST NEW
    30 at Petroglyph by jeep 12/07/2012, 8:16am PST NEW
        So that doesn't really apply to this thread, does it? NT by Caltrops Administrative Review Boar 12/07/2012, 10:42am PST NEW
        Petroglyph should have been taken out and shot a long time ago by WITTGENSTEIN 12/07/2012, 5:09pm PST NEW
    Re: Bump this thread every time devs cut staff after a game launch by Souffle of Pain 12/17/2012, 2:02pm PST NEW
    Valve lays off 25? by jeep 02/13/2013, 1:16pm PST NEW
    Disney shut down Junction Point after Epic Mickey 2 by Rafiki 02/13/2013, 1:54pm PST NEW
        The power of two ^_^ NT by Disney 02/13/2013, 2:34pm PST NEW
    EA Montreal by Souffle of Pain 04/15/2013, 12:26pm PDT NEW
        Released on the last Tuesday of the fiscal quarter, aka SENT TO DIE NT by Mysterio 04/15/2013, 3:29pm PDT NEW
        turns out it was more than half the people in EA working on mobile by jeep 04/16/2013, 9:33pm PDT NEW
    LucasArts closes? by jeep 04/18/2013, 8:16am PDT NEW
    EA again "10% of the workforce" NT by jeep 04/25/2013, 12:52pm PDT NEW
    Zynga 520 people by jeep 06/03/2013, 1:30pm PDT NEW
        Longbets on when Facebook will start hemorrhaging NT by fabio 06/03/2013, 1:41pm PDT NEW
            I don't know but there's a pattern to web marketing by jeep 06/05/2013, 7:07pm PDT NEW
        Important to note this includes closing OMGPOP entirely, just 1 year after purch NT by $200 million well spent. 06/06/2013, 11:57am PDT NEW
            word is the purchase cost them 2-3 times that if you factor in the cost of NT by operation since 06/07/2013, 6:10pm PDT NEW
    So... video game creator sounds like a great job... haha NT by meeps 06/06/2013, 12:46pm PDT NEW
        no and it's about to be a lot worse by jeep 06/07/2013, 6:17pm PDT NEW
            Re: no and it's about to be a lot worse by Mysterio 06/07/2013, 6:38pm PDT NEW
                let's take this to another thread by jeep 06/07/2013, 7:03pm PDT NEW
    IO Interactive, makers of Hitman and Kane and Lynch, ~50% of workforce NT by jeep 06/18/2013, 7:38am PDT NEW
        Hadn't released a good game in 6 years. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 07/17/2013, 2:30pm PDT NEW
    we've been shown up by jeep 08/02/2013, 9:12pm PDT NEW
    Twelve Crystal Dynamics employees have lost their jobs. NT by jeep 08/13/2013, 7:11am PDT NEW
    all of 2K Marin NT by jeep 10/17/2013, 3:44pm PDT NEW
    Interwave 6 developers of Dark Matter by jeep 10/23/2013, 7:52am PDT NEW
    Victory Games closed after F2P Command & Conquer is cancelled by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 10/29/2013, 1:27pm PDT NEW
    every ea exec who came from another game company by jeep 01/07/2014, 8:29am PST NEW
    Did SB get fired today? by - 02/18/2014, 10:47am PST NEW
        I can't believe he actually said he was shitcanning people to go "find himself" NT by WITTGENSTEIN 02/18/2014, 11:01am PST NEW
            Levine is a tool. NT by A god damn tool 02/18/2014, 12:00pm PST NEW
        wow by jeep 02/18/2014, 3:30pm PST NEW
        Gamasutra on why it's so hard to report on this when you aren't a real journalis by Fullofkittens 02/19/2014, 5:57pm PST NEW
            "But I might not be a very good journalist" by Game Dev Spin Cycle 02/19/2014, 8:51pm PST NEW
                Re: "But I might not be a very good journalist" by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/20/2014, 6:53am PST NEW
                    Quote from a developer by Entropy Stew 02/20/2014, 10:05am PST NEW
            "like, real capital-J journalism." Ergh? NT by RetroRomper 02/20/2014, 7:56pm PST NEW
            Meanwhile in Capital-J Journalism by jeep 02/23/2014, 5:31pm PST NEW
                Attn aspiring games developers/screenwriters: there's more to life than fiction! by Jerry Whorebach 02/23/2014, 6:51pm PST NEW
                Systems with procedurally-generated narratives and environments... by Fullofkittens 02/23/2014, 7:27pm PST NEW
                    you're right about ken levine not being suited for that kind of game by jeep 02/24/2014, 8:17am PST NEW
    Sony Santa Monica (God of War) cancels unnamed game and lays off 50 NT by jeep 02/25/2014, 6:44pm PST NEW
    Eidos Montreal releases Thief, 27 employees... NT by pinback 03/05/2014, 2:11pm PST NEW
    EVE Online developer CCP said today it is canceling its long in development MMO by jeep 04/14/2014, 8:34pm PDT NEW
    airtight games released murdered soul suspect and then closed down by jeep 07/02/2014, 9:11pm PDT NEW
        Don't get Murdered, it's $50. Wait for a sale. NT by I guess 07/02/2014, 9:47pm PDT NEW
            well they put out quantum conundrum too and that was mediocre by jeep 07/03/2014, 5:40pm PDT NEW
    Avalanche for Just Cause 3 by Souffle of Pain 11/02/2015, 7:14pm PST NEW
        When asked why the developers were fired, a pointy-haired boss answered, NT by "Just Cause." 11/02/2015, 11:20pm PST NEW
 
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