Archive for the tag "layoffs"
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Posted in NCSoft, Trade, UK | 6 Comments »
According to this GI report, NCsoft may be readying to cut around 50 staff from its Brighton office as part of a "streamlining" effort.
From the piece:
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Trade, UK | 2 Comments »
VG247 has learned that an announcement regarding potential job losses at Vivendi UK is imminent, although the company appears to be locked down on talk of the situation.
GI reported earlier ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Trade, UK | No Comments »
According to this GI piece, Vivendi UK - and specifically the team looking after Sierra titles - is expected to take the brunt of any lay-offs as a result of ...
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Saturday, June 7th, 2008 Posted in America, Development, Lucasarts, Trade | 2 Comments »
GI's reporting that LucasArts has confirmed that a set of lay-offs happened this week, admitting that VP of product development, Peter Hirschmann, is no longer with the company.
"Peter Hirschmann's ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in America, Development, Lucasarts, Rumour, Trade | 8 Comments »
Kotaku's rumouring that between 75-100 LucasArts staff have been laid off following the completion of Lego Star Wars.
From the site:
While LucasArts public relations did not get back to us today, ...
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in America, Development, THQ, Trade | 1 Comment »
According to this Gamasutra report, THQ has laid off staff at two of its wholly-owned developers, Phoenix, Arizona-based Rainbow Studios and Kirkland, Washington-based Sandblast Games.
The Rainbow staffers were let go ...
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008 Posted in America, Eidos, Rumour, SCi, Trade, UK, Warner Bros. | No Comments »
According to this story, "Inside sources have informed 1UP that Eidos's entire PR, marketing, and sales department has been laid off as part of the deal with Warner Bros."
There's been ...
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