One of the best art teams I've ever known, not just within games, and an incredible place to work. It was a magical place.

If anyone is looking for an environment or character artist feel free to shoot me a pm.

Looks like the entire staff got laid off

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/24/38...entire-staffs/

fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck. This absolutely breaks my heart. Why is it so hard for a new i.p to be successful these days? I hope you guys land on your feet.

So is Copernicus over????

Crap news indeed. Also rumours Big Huge Games have closed ....

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...l-staff-report

this is pretty shitty those recent screens looked amazing!

hopefully there letting you guys back up your work! hope everyone lands on there feet!

also we are still looking for environment artists here at DE send me a PM with your portfolio link!

this makes me a sad panda. I loved Reckoning and I was looking forward to their Copernicus project. So much talent there. Hope everyone lands a cool gig after this.

Yup we all got layed off. Tons of talented people looking for work... *cough* including myself, so if you have an environment art spot open let me know.

I'll forward any info onto the engineers and designers too.

Hopefully I'll get clearance to post screenshots in PnP, this game was really too beautiful to not get seen.

Thanks for all the support guys!

http://irrationalgames.com/studio/ca...at-irrational/

Originally Posted by vcortis

Yup we all got layed off. Tons of talented people looking for work... *cough* including myself, so if you have an environment art spot open let me know.

I'll forward any info onto the engineers and designers too.

Hopefully I'll get clearance to post screenshots in PnP, this game was really too beautiful to not get seen.

Thanks for all the support guys!

Hey Vic, and 38 folks, if you'd like, PM me your folios so I can forward them along where I can. Shitty situation is Shitty.

We're mainly looking for character guys though so let me know if you're a Character Artist as well.

http://1stplayable.catsone.com/careers/

Right now we are looking for programmers... i am looking to see if we want some 3d artists as well. I'll keep you guys posted. PM me with your portfolios and i'll see what i can do for you guys.

Originally Posted by ErichWK

fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck. This absolutely breaks my heart. Why is it so hard for a new i.p to be successful these days? I hope you guys land on your feet.

So is Copernicus over????

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Originally Posted by iniside

It's not about IP. Is about execution.

please leave this thread

Sorry to read about this guys... I'm not sure what the heck is going on these days.

Best of luck to all of those affected...

We are also looking for people http://www.naughtydog.com/work/

Texture Artist
Lighting Artist
Concept Artist
Character Artist
Chracter Rigger
Technical Director

Good luck everyone! Such an shity situation. :/

Originally Posted by iniside

It's not about IP. Is about execution.

Seriously, not the place for this. Especially since these are just your opinions. Many people, including myself, loved Reckoning.


Sad to hear. I was looking forward to seeing the Amalur universe expand.

Bungie is hiring for alot of positions:
http://www.bungie.net/inside/content...=about_careers
careers@bungie.com

Ignore the troll boys.

We are looking for people at DE too

http://www.digitalextremes.com/careers

For those interested, the state of Rhode Island is holding a press conference about the matter.

http://www.wpri.com/generic/news/pol...gaming-company

I know Ubi Montreal is hiring for my project and others as well, need enviro/world artists if you are interested in relocating to one of the actually booming gaming hubs in north america right now.PM me your info if you are interested! best of luck to everyone, really sucks to hear.

http://www.creative-assembly.com/jobs/

awful news awful situation

Sad news.

Infinity Ward is looking for a couple of environment artists right now though and also a prop artist. If you're interested, send me a PM. Good luck to everyone.

Hawken Team Is looking for an Fx Artist and a Tech Artist you must know Unrealed. Let me know if you are interested.


Ubisoft Massive, Sweden is looking for character artists and environment artists if interested send me a pm as well.

Please title your subjects with the job and team you wish to be forwarded to.

What kills me about this is that the management and operators of 38 knew the situation and kept the employees in the dark then didn't pay them and basically pulled their insurance out from under them all while making that million dollar+ payment to Rhode Island on the loan that will surely be defaulted on.

Here is an idea. Take that money and pay your employees with it and tell them that unfortunately this is it and close doors.

Take care of your family first... Just leaves a bad taste in my mouth...

Well now that I'm a little more free to talk about this Jesse. The million dollar + payment that went to Rhode Island was in assurance we would receive the tax credits of 8 million. We even had buyers lined up for the credits and the government was sitting there telling us "You give us the million, we give you the tax credits."

We gave them the million. They did not give us the tax credits, which would've not only payed the employees, but saved the studio most likely as we had several publishing deals in the works. The government flat out lied to us (big surprise).

I don't fault upper-managemenet too much, they've actually been pretty open about what's going on and really thought the studio was going to pull through this. They've even been allowing us access to the building to obtain as many assets as we need to build our portfolios back up. I'm sure the full story will eventually come out.