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People you followTaggedGeneral - Opinion/EditorialCommunity ReviewsOff-topicCommunity PodcastersBloggers Wanted ResponseLetters to Dtoids EditorsGet InvolvedGeneral BadassnessJoin a Live Stream EventListen to CommunitoidJoin a Playdate EventCompete in a ContestEA's new Canadian studio gets a red light
Electronic Arts' misfortune continues, as the former dominatrix of the games industry has announced that plans have been scrapped for new studio in Vancouver, Canada. Citing lower-than-expected revenue figures and ongoing global economic problems, EA has had to give up its hope of a 20,000-square foot facility in Vancouver's Yaletown district. No clue was given as to what the studio's focus was intended to be, and no hiring target was made known. It's still disgusting that Eletronic Arts has been rewarded for its recent good turns with economic problems, lower-than-expected sales and ultimately, large staff cuts. This news comes on the same day we learn that EA picked up Double Fine's highly anticipated Brütal Legend. That just sucks. Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)A friend of mine is a cut-scene animator in Edmonton, AB. Just moved therefrom England specifically for this job. Hopefully, that studio gets spared. There's 20, 000 square feet in Yale Town to spare? Not from what I've seen. But that's too bad. It would have been cool to have another branch of EA that isn't EA Sports/Blackbox. especially the latter, seemed to glow all over with gratification. acyclovir online 11:30 AM on 05.02.2013 Videogame art show parties hit New York and Toronto[Snake and Spider-Man by Reyyy] The good people at Attract Mode have not one, but two big gallery shows for you to have. The first is No Quarter 2013, which opens this Friday at NYU's Game Center at the T...
3:00 AM on 04.11.2013 Namco opening new studios in Vancouver, SingaporeIt seems like we've been hearing nothing but studio closers happening left and right. Well there's some good news in this field as Namco Bandai is opening up a new studio in Vancouver, Canada. The British Columbia Ministry of...
3:00 PM on 03.02.2013 Preview: Sang-Froid - Tales of WerewolvesDon't know about you, but I have a real soft spot for supernatural tales set during the frontier times in North America. The mixture of exploring a new world mixed with the superstitions and myths of the time is hea...
10:00 AM on 12.06.2012 Wii Mini online scrapped to keep down costsNintendo has justified the Wii Mini's lack of basic features by claiming the aim was to keep costs down. Yes, I know, a bit of a Captain Obvious response. More interesting is the extra reasoning provided by Nintendo of Canada...
12:30 PM on 10.29.2012 Come see some games at Toronto's Gamercamp[Update: This post, originally published with the headline, "Playable Splinter Cell and more at Toronto's Gamercamp," has been amended. We have received an email from Ubisoft saying Splinter Cell will not be playable at ...
8:00 PM on 07.09.2012 Rockstar Toronto getting a new place, Vancouver moving inThings are a-changin' over in Rockstar Canada. Rockstar is moving their Toronto team into a much bigger studio, a part of which the Ontario government is footing the bill for (specifics of the financial details were not relea...
7:30 PM on 04.30.2012 Indie devs and artists unite for Comics Vs. GamesIf you are in Toronto this week, you might want to scoot on by the Comics vs. Games exhibition, hosted by TIFF Nexus and led by They Bleed Pixels creator Miguel Sternberg. The main draw of the event is a set of five games, e...
1:30 PM on 03.27.2012 Canadian Videogame Awards finalists announcedWhy yes, there is such a thing as the Canadian Video Game Awards! The 3rd annual edition of the awards show will take place in Vancouver on April 21st, and coincides with Fan Expo Vancouver (limited seating available to Fan E...
11:30 AM on 10.28.2011 Activision hunting down Modern Warfare 3 piratesImpatient gamers have already managed to get their hands on leaked copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, with pirated versions springing up online -- but if you mess with the bull, you get the horns, and Activision i...
12:45 PM on 07.14.2011 Katamari creator Keita Takahashi to work on MMO GlitchWhat's next for the guy behind Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy? A MMO. Keita Takahashi has joined forces with Canadian developers Tiny Speck to work on the upcoming MMO Glitch. You'll easily get why he is involved when you ...
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