Archive for the ‘Game Over Zone’ Category

1. Dissolved Indie Dev Outerlight on Ubisoft vs Risk: “Digital distribution remains the only sane choice for developers.”

   October 14, 2010

   This is a guest post by freelance narrative designer, Tom Jubert. Check out his industry blog, Plot is Gameplay’s Bitch, at http://blog.tomjubert.com/ Outerlight – the innovative Scottish team behind The Ship and upcoming spiritual sequel Bloody Good Time – revealed recently that the team was no more in a frank interview with BigDownload.com. Studio co-founder [...]

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   Posted in: Analysis, Distribution, Finance, Game Over Zone, Guest Post

   Tagged with: Outerlight, ubisoft

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2. LucasArts confirms layoffs, perhaps as many as 85

   September 2, 2010

   Kotaku reports swingeing cuts at LucasArts HQ, with perhaps 60 developers and 25 QA staff believed to have been laid off. Added to the Job Loss Tracker.

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   Tagged with: job loss tracker, layoffs, lucasarts, redundancies

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3. Tom Clancy studio Red Storm lays off 38

   August 27, 2010

   Ubisoft has confirmed that Red Storm Entertainment has laid off 38 employees in its North Carolina studio. More details at GamaSutra. Added to the Job Loss Tracker.

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   Tagged with: job loss tracker, layoffs, red storm studio, redundancies, ubisoft

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4. The official press release about RealTime Worlds job losses

   August 20, 2010

   With so much rumour swirling around, I thought I would just reproduce the official press release from administrators Begbies Traynor about the latest situation at RealTime Worlds. I’ve changed the Job Loss Tracker to total 194 job losses at RealTime Worlds(37 last week from the MyWorld team and 157 as confirmed below). PRESS RELEASE BEGBIES [...]

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   Posted in: Game Over Zone

   Tagged with: invsolvency, realtime worlds

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5. Rehires at RealTime Worlds mark good news for a change

   August 20, 2010

   I may have been hasty in adding the entire staff of RealTime Worlds to the Job Loss Tracker. GamaSutra and GamesIndustry.biz report three bits of good news: RealTime Worlds has recruited back 23 of the 60 staff who worked on Project MyWorld. Those 60 were laid off from RealTime Worlds last week. The company has [...]

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   Tagged with: apb, layoffs, realtime worlds, redundancies

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6. Krome Studios on the brink?

   August 20, 2010

   GameSpot reports that the largest Australian developer, Krome Studios, is likely to shut down its Adelade studio and put staff at its Brisbourne and Adelaide offices on notice. The company has made a series of redundancies recently (which you can see on the Job Loss Tracker),  including between 30 and 50 layoffs in April and [...]

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   Tagged with: australia, job loss tracker, krome studios

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7. Has Cohort Studios slimmed down from 50 to 12?

   August 19, 2010

   Another week, another Dundee studio in trouble? I’m hearing rumours that Cohort Studios made 38 people redundant in Dundee last week. The company is working on a PlayStation Move title called The Shoot but doesn’t have projects lined up after that. I’ve added it to the Job Loss Tracker, but if anyone can confirm or [...]

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   Tagged with: cohort studios, job loss tracker, layoffs, redundancies

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