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Topic: Layoffs at Blizzard (Read 5562 times)
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Malakili
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Looks like there have been relatively significant layoffs at Blizzard according to IGN. Not really sure if this belongs in the WoW subforum, but it seemed as good as anywhere. I'm not totally sure what to make of it, but I have to think it has something to do with WoW cooling off. I don't know if Starcraft 2 factors in at all and how that game is doing with regards to income. Approximately 600 employees were part of the layoffs, with Blizzard, "[anticipating] approximately 90% of the affected employees will come from departments not related to game development."
Source: http://pc.ign.com/articles/121/1219674p1.html |
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« Last Edit: February 29, 2012, 01:15:17 PM by Malakili »
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Rokal
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Guessing they down-sized their CS, which was pretty huge from the numbers they last gave us.
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Paelos
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Not good news at all. This is worrying on many fronts.
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Merusk
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Care to explain how it's worrying, monkey-man? It's not game-dev folks and with the game in the decline we've been chortling about for 9 months it's pretty much an expected outcome.
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The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
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Paelos
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Care to explain how it's worrying, monkey-man? It's not game-dev folks and with the game in the decline we've been chortling about for 9 months it's pretty much an expected outcome.
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Ingmar
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This smells like outsourcing of customer service to me too.
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Paelos
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Checked with my associates. They are safe for now.
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Wolf
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As a matter of fact I swallowed one of these about two hours ago and the explanation is that it is, in fact, my hand.
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Fabricated
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But who will I complain to when my loot is "ninja'd" in LFR now!??
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Soulflame
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You'll complain to "Peggy"!
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Ashamanchill
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Checked with my associates. They are safe for now.
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Phred
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Sigh. I guess they missed Ghostcrawler then.
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