Tag Archives: lay-offs
Thu, Mar 15, 2012 | 00:59 GMT
Rumour – Obsidian hit with lay-offs, “North Carolina” shelved
Obsidian is reportedly being hit with a round of lay-offs due to the cancellation of a “future next-gen project” and more lay-offs on the “existing South Park team” according to Joystiq.
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Posted in: Development, Jobs, PS3, Rumour, Xbox 360
Tags: lay-offs, North Carolina, obsidian, Obsidian Entertainment, south park: the game, Virginia
Sat, Feb 04, 2012 | 12:56 GMT
EA confirms “small number” of layoffs in Vancouver offices
EA has confirmed a “small” round of layoffs in its Vancouver offices due to the location undergoing a “transformation” of EA Canada and Black Box studios’ home.
Sat, Jan 28, 2012 | 01:16 GMT
Voodoo Extreme, Team Xbox culled, Future lays-off more
Future US staff have been culled in a wave of lay-offs, while IGN has scrapped two entire sites.
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Posted in: Jobs, Journalism
Tags: future, gamespy, ign, lay-offs, team xbox, voodoo extreme
Thu, Jan 26, 2012 | 20:02 GMT
THQ issues round of lay-offs, internal studios unaffected
THQ has announced a round of lay-off today, affecting its administrative and publishing departments. The firm didn’t provide information pertaining to how many employees were let go, but said the job losses occurred outside of its five internal studios: THQ San Diego, THQ Montreal, Relic, Volition, and Vigil. THQ announced earlier this week it was exiting the kids’ licensed games category, to focus on its core game franchises and digital initiatives. Thanks, Joystiq.
Tue, Jan 10, 2012 | 20:26 GMT
Bethesda confirms round of lay-offs at id Software
Bethesda has confirmed a round of lay-offs have occurred at id Software, after a tweet and NeoGAF post on the matter surfaced. Speaking with Joystiq, the firm said the lay-offs occurred through “standard business practice” as id Software “regularly evaluates staffing to ensure it has a workforce that meets the needs of the studio.” That being said, the official statement on the matter also noted id was “still recruiting and hiring qualified developers” as work on future titles at the studio “continues unabated.” [pic]
Thu, Sep 08, 2011 | 01:02 BST
Disney confirms layoffs at Cars 2 developer
Up to 20 staff have been made redundant at Disney’s Utah studio, where Cars 2 was developed.
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 | 04:00 BST
Cancelled Star Wars game linked to Red Fly lay-offs
Dramatic staff cuts at Wii port developer Red Fly may have resulted from the cancelation of an unannounced Star Wars game.
Thu, May 05, 2011 | 12:15 BST
Disney confirms lay-offs at Black Rock
Disney Interactive has confirmed to VG247 that it has laid off an unspecified number of employees at Black Rock.
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Posted in: Disney, Jobs, Racing, Trade
Tags: black rock, black rock studios, lay-offs, split/second, Split/Second 2
Tue, Apr 26, 2011 | 17:15 BST
Report – Obsidian hit with redundancies
According to various tweets from Obsidian employees, it looks as though the firm has been hit with layoffs.
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 01:13 GMT
Rumour: half of Disney Epic team laid off
Although Warren Spector has made some hopeful sequel noises, Disney doesn’t appear amused by Epic Mickey’s poor critical and commercial performance. Industry figures are talking about significant layoffs at the Junction Point studio.
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Posted in: Disney, Hot, Jobs, Wii
Tags: epic mickey, Junction Point, lay-offs, Rumour, warren spector
Fri, Oct 29, 2010 | 21:49 BST
Rumor: 35 people laid-off at IO Interactive
3D Realms bossman George Broussard has tweeted that 35 employees of Kane & Lynch devs IO Interactive have been laid-off.
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Posted in: Eidos, Jobs, Rumour, Square Enix
Tags: io interactive, lay-offs
Fri, Aug 27, 2010 | 07:47 BST
Red Storm drops 38 in drive to “focus on multiplayer”
Ubisoft confirmed last night that 38 staff have been made redundant from Tom Clancy studio Red Storm Entertainment, as part of an effort to “focus on its core expertise” of “developing innovative multiplayer experiences.”
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Posted in: America, Development, Ubisoft
Tags: lay-offs, layoffs, red storm entertainment
Sat, Jul 17, 2010 | 18:28 BST
SOE lays off 35 employees [updated]
Some weeks, it seems like gaming news is pre-orchestrated to run on certain themes. This week’s theme? Lay-offs, unfortunately.
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Posted in: MMO, Sony, Sony Online Entertainment
Tags: lay-offs, Sony Online Entertainment
Thu, Jul 15, 2010 | 08:18 BST
Red Dead Redundancies: Rockstar San Diego faces lay offs
Triple-A game development downside #4567327: post-development lay offs. Designing a massive, “yee-haw”-inducing wild west from the ground-up and expanding it through bite-sized DLC chunks are two entirely different things, and, unfortunately, one of them requires far fewer people to pull off.
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 06:39 BST
Ex-employees say Rebellion withholding former Derby staff’s pay
Aliens vs. Predator? That’s so last month. Now Disgruntled Ex-Employees vs. Rebellion is all the rage.
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Posted in: Financials, Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: closures, lay-offs, rebellion, rebellion derby, Rebellion Oxford, Something smells fishy - Scoob
Fri, Apr 23, 2010 | 09:52 BST
Sega: Lay-offs help aim for “leadership position” in “digital space”
Sega Europe has issued a statement on its restructuring plan, saying dropping 73 staff across both its London and San Francisco offices will allow it to focus on the “exciting” world of discless media.
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 20:41 BST
Report: IO drops 35 staff
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Posted in: Denmark, Development, Square Enix, Trade
Tags: io interactive, lay-offs
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 15:28 GMT
Take-Two lay-offs are corporate only, says firm
Take-Two has responded to reports this morning over lay-offs within the company, and turns out, it’s happening at the corporate level only.
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Posted in: Hot, Jobs, Take-Two
Tags: lay-offs, redundancies, take-two lay-offs
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 09:06 GMT
Codemasters denies US office is set to close
Responding to an IGN rumour this morning, Codemasters UK has denied its US office is to close, but has confirmed that three marketing staff have been laid off.
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 04:53 GMT
Rumor: Codemasters’ American branch suffers lay-offs, going completely dark soon
If you only go by review scores and word-of-mouth, Codemasters had a pretty great 2009.
But money makes the world go ’round, and – according to a source that spoke with IGN – poor sales have the publisher retreating from America’s portion of the globe.
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Posted in: Codemasters, Hot
Tags: Codemasters, lay-offs, rumor, USA
Microsoft to announce “tons of exclusives” at E3 next month