Posts Tagged ‘Layoffs’
 

 
 

Game Crazy to Close Yet More Stores After Chapter 11 Filing

Already perpetually living in the shadow of industry giant GameStop, video game retailer Game Crazy is about to get even smaller after this Wednesday’s announcement: their parent company, Movie Gallery, is filing for chap...
by Rob Thomas
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Former Pandemic Employees Issue Office Space-style Tribute

Last week, we posted news that Pandemic Studios, creators of Destroy All Humans, Mercenaries, and December 8th’s The Saboteur, was being shut down. EA representatives confirmed that nearly 200 people would be laid off. Th...
by Sage Knox
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Pandemic Studios Gets the Axe

Yesterday, EA representatives confirmed the closure of Pandemic Studios, makers of such titles as Mercenaries, Star Wars: Battlefront, and the upcoming The Saboteur. While the process of shutting the developer down is still und...
by Sage Knox
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EA Plans Job Cuts, Cancels Titles, Aims to Close “Several Facilities”

Yesterday Electronic Arts announced it plans to slash over 1,500 jobs by March 2010 as a cost-reducing measure. Since October 2008 EA has already eliminated over 1,000 jobs. The world’s second largest video game publisher sai...
by Sage Knox
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Blue Omega Lays Off Damnation Team

“The entire Blue Omega team was laid off today (well, starting Friday). If anyone has job openings, send them my way and I’ll pass them on.” This is never a good way to start off a story, but such were the wor...
by Rob Thomas
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