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layoffs EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Pandemic goes out in a blaze of glory 35 With the closing of Pandemic Studios, maker of Mercenaries and The Saboteur, and most of its staff now out of a job, things have been looking gloomy. But during such a sad time, you've always go... Saboteur 'sent out to die,' Pandemic closure was 'right' 30 It was incredibly surprising to hear that Pandemic -- a studio hard at work on the The Saboteur -- had been eradicated by Electronic Arts during a wave of layoffs. Despite the surprising turn of ... Rumor: Pandemic Studios to close soon 64 If sources have it right, then EA is to make Pandemic Studios no more after this afternoon.According to a Kotaku report, several unnamed sources have said that the studio responsible for Mercenar... EA cuts jobs, scraps over a dozen game projects 23 On the heels of today's announcement that Electronic Arts acquired social games developer Playfish comes some bad news. EA has cut 1,500 positions spanning multiple studios such as Redwood Shores... Funcom layoffs cause The Secret World to be delayed 13 The concept art up there? That's for an MMO.To be more specific, the art is for Funcom's The Secret World, which mashes together the real world with all sorts of weird and cool subject matter. It... Once-Splatterhouse developer Bottlerocket closes 12 Bottlerocket Entertainment -- developer of Rise of the Kasai (2005) and Xialoin Showdown (2006) -- is no more. In a recent e-mail sent to industry folks, the founder of the studio, Jay Beard, ann... Reticulating splines: Maxis hit with layoffs 16 Shacknews brings even more bad news today as a series of layoffs have hit Maxis, the developers of Spore, The Sims and other Sim titles. Electronic Arts told Shacknews that: "Often in the ... GRIN in trouble, more office closures 25 GRIN could be in bigger trouble than we thought. According to a Swedish report released in June, the studio has closed its Gothenburg and Barcelona offices. The Stockholm office isn’t farin... Atomic Games forced to 'reduce the size' of its staff 20 Six Days in Fallujah developer Atomic Games has been forced to shrink.In a sober announcement released earlier this afternoon, Atomic Games confirmed that it has had to “reduce the size&rdq... Sony Online Entertainment lays off 5% of workers 12 The bad news just keeps on rolling. Hot off the heels of June's NPD results showing the worst industry performance for almost a decade, it's also been made public that Sony Online Entertainment h... More layoffs at Microsoft, in-game ad division affected 8 Microsoft kicked off the year wrong with thousands of layoffs companywide. We heard a bit later that the Xbox division was not affected, but it seems that a new round of layoffs does come into th... Aspyr cuts one third of its staff 4 More depressing layoff news - word has come in that Aspyr is cutting about 1/3 of its staff as a result of the failing economy.Console gamers may not be familiar with Aspyr, but anyone who had a ... Rumortoid: EA to close down Black Box? 13 The global economy is in the toilet as a result of the “financial tsunami,” and it seems like there’s never been a worse time to be working in the videogame industry. Companies ... Turbine cuts staff, not tied to economic crisis 3 Turbine, developer of Lord of the Rings Online, recently axed staff from its QA and Account Management departments. The layoffs, according to a gamesindustry.biz report, were made because the pos... Layoffs at GameSpot as CBS Interactive shifts content 11 According to GamesIndustry.biz, CBS Interactive is laying off staff from various sites, including GameSpot, as they move their new sites around following their acquisition of CNet.They say that G... Brash eats kryptonite, Factor 5's unannounced Superman title in limbo 3 Brash Entertainment, a publisher specializing in movie-to-game licenses, is experiencing quite the financial problem. According to a Variety report, Brash has tossed 20 staff members and could be... Just Cause developer sheds 77 employees 6 Avalanche Studios, developer of Just Cause, is in the process of terminating 77 employees in light of losing two major publishing contracts. Once complete, the team will consist of 83 members, al... Silicon Knights lays off 26 employees who were not against Too Human 25 Today, Silicon Knights, developer of Eternal Darkness and workplace of the very outspoken Dennis Dyack, laid off 26 employees. Silicon Knights released an official statement citing “attriti... 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