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| BlackNMild2k1:
Games Industry Death Watch 2009 --- Quote from: January 2009 ---- Jaleco closes (IP and $7.736m/$17.68m loan sold to Game Yarou for $0.01) http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=21930 - MS ACES (Flight Simulator team gone) http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=21981 - MS cuts 30% of testers at MGS + unspecified GFW team http://kotaku.com/5138389/more-micro...-windows-group - Sega cuts 30 in San Francisco http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=21942 - Eidos cuts 30 people at Crystal Dynamics http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=21809 - Eidos closes Rockpool Games (Manchester) [mobile] http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...chester-studio - Seta Corp (Super Entertainment & Total Amusement) closed http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=21943 - EA to cut 10% of staff and 9 studios consolidated/closed by March ---- unspecifed # @ Tiburon (Madden and Tiger Woods divisions confirmed hit) ---- Blackbox (200 out of 350 jobs cut, remainder absorbed into EA Burnaby [Vancouver]) ---- 21 customer service, half of QA, all of playtest group @ Mythic http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=21974 http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=21931 - unspecified cuts at Sony and MS (kotaku sez bulk of the current 1400 cut from MS are from Entertainment & Devices) Nexon closes Humanature studio (Vancouver) 90 Jobs lost http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...anature-studio Unspecified layoffs at Kuju in US and UK http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...across-studios Ensemble closes http://www.ensemblestudios.com/blogs...nd-thanks.aspx Disney Interactive Studios layoff ~70 at Propoganda, confirms plans to"consolidate a handful of its studios, including Avalanche Software andthe Fall Line studio." http://blog.wired.com/games/2009/01/...unced-tur.html --- End quote --- --- Quote from: February 2009 ---Brighter Minds (World of Goo) goes Bankrupt http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-goes-bankrupt THQ Mobile shuts down in San Diego, Germany and UK (~100 jobs) http://blog.wired.com/games/2009/02/...be-bomber.html Action Pants (British-Columbia) acquired by Ubisoft http://kotaku.com/5145390/ubisoft-acquires-action-pants Free Radical acquired by Crytek http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=22156 EA to close 12 facilities + 1100 jobs http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...g-USD641m-loss Snowblind Studios acquired by Warner Bros http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=22178 Eidos drops casual studio (Gimme5games) http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...l-games-studio Sega cuts 18% of workforce (560 jobs) http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=22239 NCSoft cuts 55 at NC West (Europe) http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...uropean-office Midway files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy http://www.midway.com/us/pr/mpr_5591.html Rare cuts artist and engineer positions (12 known) http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...neer-positions Popcap acquires Gastronaut Studios http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...es-xbla-studio Fillpoint acquires Crave Entertainment and SVG Distribution http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-crave-and-svg --- End quote --- --- Quote from: March 2009 ---THQ cuts majority of Volition's (Saint's Row) QA staff - 86 of 102 http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=22562 THQ to sell or close Big HUge Games, Heavy Iron and Incinerator becoming independent. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...r-close-studio Namco to buy all branches of D3 publisher, including studio Vicious Cycle http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-d3p-businesse --- End quote --- |
| BlackNMild2k1:
--- Quote from: April 2009 ---THQ confirms unspecified layoffs at BigHugeGames, still looking for sale http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...big-huge-games --- End quote --- --- Quote from: May 2009 ---3D Realms closes http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...s-closes-doors Microsoft Game Studios acquires BigPark http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...cquire-bigpark 38 Studios acquires BigHugeGames from THQ http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...big-huge-games Grin Studios cuts 160 people http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthre...?f=59&t=768094 Factor 5 closes http://www.edge-online.com/news/lair...actor-5-closes --- End quote --- --- Quote from: June 2009 ---Management Buy-Out/Closure of Chemistry (Kuju) http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...emistry-studio Deadline Games (Watchman Game) files for bankruptcy http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...for-bankruptcy Crystal Dynamics cuts 25 more people http://gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=23989 Midway San Diego and Newcastle face closure by end of June. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...by-end-of-june America's Army studio closes http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...o-closes-doors Rockstar lays of 10% of New England staff http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...d-staff-report ZeniMax (owner of Bethsoft) acquires id Software http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...es-id-software --- End quote --- |
| BlackNMild2k1:
--- Quote from: July 2009 ---Heavy Hammer lays off Blue Omega team http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...damnation-team Sony Online Entertainment lays off 5% of staff http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=24483 Midway Closes Chicago Corporate Headquarters and Newcastle Studio http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...rporate-office http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...studio-closure --- End quote --- --- Quote from: August 2009 ---Grin shuts down http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ompany-closure THQ Buys Midway San Diego http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...n-diego-studio EA cuts back staff at Maxis http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...staff-at-maxis Raven lays off 30-35 http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...of-wolfenstein --- End quote --- --- Quote from: September 2009 ---Bottlerocket closes http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...oses-its-doors Disney acquires Wideload Games http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-to-games-team Funcom to cut 20% of workforce http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...t-of-workforce --- End quote --- |
| BlackNMild2k1:
--- Quote from: October 2009 ---Transmission Games lays off 20 http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-staff-members Ubisoft acquires Trackmania developer Nadeo http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...eveloper-nadeo Activision lays off 30 from 7 studios http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ased-7-studios Activision closes Shaba Studios http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...tudios-closure Optimus acquires Witcher developer in CD Projekt takeover http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ojekt-takeover Idol Minds lays off ~26 http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...it-by-lay-offs Transmission Games closes http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...s-doors-report Slipgate Ironworks lays off ~50 http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...gate-ironworks --- End quote --- --- Quote from: November 2009 ---Square-Enix/Taito/Eidos cuts 10% globally http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...und-10-percent EA Acquires Playfish http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...sh-acquisition EA to layoff 1,500 by April 2010, including "several studio closures" Tiburon, Blackbox, Redwood Shores, Mythic reportedly affected http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=25999 Playdom acquires Green Path and Trippert Labs http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-trippert-labs Pandemic closes http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-studios-today Krome faces unspecified number of layoffs http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...e-studio-krome --- End quote --- --- Quote from: December 2009 ---Fuzzeyes lays off majority of staff http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ority-of-staff Threewave studio enters reorganization http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...nisation-phase Rumor: Apsyr cuts staff by over 50% http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ver-50-percent SCEA drops 30 QA jobs http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...dates-qa-group Paradox Interactive acquires AGEOD http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...eveloper-ageod Oberon Media lays off 100 http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-off-100-staff/quote] Compiled by Dr. Mario Kart of Penny-Arcade Forums --- End quote --- |
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