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created Blizzard lays off 600
on 02-29-2012 11:41 AM
http://kotaku.com/5889338/blizzard-a...m-not-affected
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Ninety percent of the cut staff were in departments unrelated to game development, the company said. Blizzard does not expect the news to affect upcoming games Diablo III, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, or StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm.
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Holy... Just goes to show no company is immune to layoffs. Hope everyone lands on their feet.
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, card carrying polycounter,
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my 1st reaction to reading that headline was pure shock, but upons seeing that they said 90% of the layoffs dont effect game development, leaves me wondering if its all QA, or IT or something. still super lame though.
"[anticipating] approximately 90% of the affected employees will come from departments not related to game development."
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, dedicated polycounter,
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Something must be close to shipping... humm I wonder what that is...
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, Polycount.com Editor,
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They have a lot of studios in other countries as well. Maybe those are the ones being let go?
I think they also had a huge army working on WoW, that weren't devs, and that game is fast approaching the downward slope.
Also, I see they mention "Blizzard DOTA." Does that mean their lawsuit with Valve fell through?
Sucks so many lost their job, devs or not.
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, polycounter,
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really sucks. And still, if 10% of 600 laid off are development staff, that's still 60 people. A good sized chunk.
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, polycounter,
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I got laid off this morning! let me know if anyone needs any freelance for the time being
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Originally Posted by meshiah
I got laid off this morning! let me know if anyone needs any freelance for the time being
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, polycounter,
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Originally Posted by meshiah
I got laid off this morning! let me know if anyone needs any freelance for the time being
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I literally was browsing your portfolio the other day thinking you have some amazing work for Blizzard!
Sad day indeed.
best of luck to you man!
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, triangle,
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wow. What a shocker. Sorry to those who lost a job today Hope you all land of your feet quickly.
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, polygon,
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Sorry to hear that Meshiah. From the looks of your portfolio (Holy F, nice work!), you`ll have no problem getting more work, but that still really sucks Best of luck to you. I hope you find something quickly. |
, card carrying polycounter,
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Originally Posted by meshiah
I got laid off this morning! let me know if anyone needs any freelance for the time being
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Done!
Also, for anyone else. jobs (at) valent dot us
Sorry to hear about the layoffs, hopefully you'll all land on your feet soon.
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, polygon,
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Wow! WTF!?
EDIT:
Read that wrong, the first time, still 60+ devs getting let go is never good.
Last edited by Thegodzero; 02-29-2012 at 12:28 PM..
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, veteran polycounter,
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pretty sad day indeed.
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, card carrying polycounter,
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If there are any environment artists that got let go, or you know one, please send me a PM. We are also looking for a Lead Mission Designer and a Rendering Programmer.
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, polycounter,
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That's a crazy number! How many are left? I had no idea Blizzard had that many staff. So sorry to those affected, cause you just know they are the cream of the crop to have worked at Blizzard.
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, Banned,
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Originally Posted by Andreas
That's a crazy number! How many are left? I had no idea Blizzard had that many staff. So sorry to those affected, cause you just know they are the cream of the crop to have worked at Blizzard.
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I think I read somewhere that blizzard got 4700 employees , so I guess they're down to 4kish now.
Sorry to hear it Meshiah, hope you'll find something new soon.
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, triangle,
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WHAT. How is that possible lol. How many cities are they in? That's nuts. Imagine the lunch line! :P
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Quote:
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WHAT. How is that possible lol. How many cities are they in? That's nuts. Imagine the lunch line! :P
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a huge huge number of that is GMs/CS/admin. Actual dev staff is 500-1k from what people have said.
Goodluck to everyone effected!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Andreas
WHAT. How is that possible lol. How many cities are they in? That's nuts. Imagine the lunch line! :P
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I reckon the majority of that is the international support staff for WoW, from IT to customer service, and so forth. The actual developers probably number closer to several hundred for all their projects combined.
Edit: Beat to the punch!
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, triangle,
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Interesting figures, really didn't think Blizzard employed that many people. Hope everyone affected pulls through.
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, vertex,
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that is just sad. It' Blizzard! They have tons of money and they have huge projects!
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, triangle,
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I was laid off too. I wish those guys all the best though. Looking for work.
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, triangle,
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Its scary to see such a large company as Blizzard laying off staff. Best luck to all the guys and gals on the receiving end.
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, triangle,
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Damn. Sorry to hear this, guys. Good luck!
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, triangle,
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I dont think its anything unique to games companies at the moment. It may get worse as we are in a economic depression or soon will be.
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