Report – EA makes staff cuts in some studios

My experience of recent EA games suggests that their QA department could do with MORE staff, not less…..

Jonathan could you also link to http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=26001

Gamasutra has a great article about it

anyway its always sad to see people go

You want him to link someone elses spin on the same news? Why?

Because it explains the situation better than on the kotaku story.

Thats because he’s linked the rumour article. The full one is just as complete:

http://kotaku.com/5400728/ea-cutting-1500-jobs-to-reduce-costs

i really dont understand EA. they havent made a profit in years now but yet still run around buying up tom dick and harry.

During my time there, it was awful. trying to manage ‘be the one’ at the London games festival a couple of years ago and then being told that 30 odd people were being laid off.

Says at the link, those apparently affected (and most famous for) are…

EA Redwood Shores (Dead Space, Dante’s Inferno)
EA Tiburon (Madden, Tiger Woods)
EA Mythic (Warhammer Online)
EA Black Box (NFS, Skate)

Cutting folks from QA? As if they’re games just weren’t buggy enough as it is.

Hey Johnny, love your articles and humor but sometimes your grammar baffles me!

It’s “its” (twice in the first sentence!)

Back on point: QA is always the first area to get hit. As someone who has worked extensively with QA Managers and various testing models, I know for a fact that the powers that be always view testing as something of a “nice to have” rather than a crucial element in any product.

After all, these days you can just patch until the cows come home.

Ash.