Budcat put down

well i wasnt happy with budcats recent ports. (band hero, guitar hero 5,) the fact that activision is closing budcat down is a mistake. (and bizzare is next)

The only thing I can think of is; "Well, looks like Budcat *sunglasses* was put down. YEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH."

(Hey, Brendan, if you want more hits on this page, just add "by Activision" to the title. Of course, you can expect lots of Activision-hate on this thread to appear as a consequence.)

Oh... those are some painful puns, Brendan! They would be entertaining too, if not for the possibility that Budcat didn't even know it's going to be shut down; << LINK REMOVED >> has stated that the affected employees didn't know this until the morning that Budcat was officially shuttered. They were probably not even allowed to clean out their desks - which was probably a precaution against any of them hoping to make and keep copies of the code that they had been working on.

It's like that saying "Take what you need and leave out the rest." But this, this is just... I... I'm speechless over this. At least it's making me hate Acti more and more every time things like this come up about the publisher :(

@Inconnux - it ALREADY happened to the CoD developers. infinity ward is in shambles. if you meant Treyarch- the OTHER CoD developer- then just wait, it will happen eventually

Buy a studio, milk it to death until customers are sick of their lukewarm rushed out products, close the studio... Profit!!! Economics according to Activision. Just wait, in a couple years it will be the CoD developers.

@ShroomyGrl: Activision Blizzard is the second largest publisher in the world. Reducing that to "The next Call of Duty" is not only ridiculous, but outright mean. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. I'm kind of sad for BudCat. I love GH - WoR for Wii, and I hope their legacy in the franchise will last beyond the company's fate.

Trim the fat, become leaner and meaner... that is what is he silver lining of hard economic times.

im sorta glad they did this, maybe less attention to pc gaming also. better to use all their resources on the next call of duty game, what company shouldnt maximize their earning?

Dint Kotick try to like rape one of his little waitresses on his private jet. I heard hes a azz. But What head of Big Bizz today is not one!!

I've been layed off twice, and I feel sorry for the guys, but that is business. Making a profit isn't enough. It's about ROI, return on investment. If these guys burn through 10 million and make 10,000 profit, it doesn't make sense. In that scenerio, investors would better off putting their money in a 0.4% CD for 12 months. The talented folks will find new jobs, better jobs, and will be better for it, in the long run.

Another one? Hope this shows to other devs what to expect of Activision.

Another victim. Sad thing when developers lose their jobs cuz their games didn't make enough profit for their publisher, while "Hero" games keep coming out with no problem.

Another victim of activisions quest for outlandish profit at the expense of peoples lives, this almost went under the radar thanks to the more prominent layoffs at bizarre. I guess that was part of the plan over at the devils office

I live in Iowa City and shamefully there's nothing about this on any of the local news sites. My thoughts go out to the Budcat staff.

Activision just made half a billion from Call of Duty and they're closing another studio. Activision = Bad for the industry.

Wow

It's like the company I'm working for. We are making a profit, but we are in danger of being closed down because we are not making A HIDEOUS AMOUNT of profit. Thats what the world has come down to.

That's what happened when they make too much the same games for years. :(

@Pierce_Sparrow Agreed. God, I hope Bungie can survive the next few years riding on Kotick's coattails. If not, well, it's nice knowing ya, Bungie.

Aww these guys did good with their ports D: hate to see em go.. activision is really out to destroy the gaming industry aren't they?

Jesus, these guys are like Nazis, cleansing the video game industry of anything not pure and economically sound. I would really love to see developers just snub-nose Activision, despite the wads of money they thrown in their face. I mean, I understand that people gotta make money, but they should really have a little shame. Bungie HAS to be looking a little sideways now at all these studio closures. Wonder what'll happen to them if their next game doesn't deliver how Activision wants it to.

I hope someone other than EA hires these guys and sticks it to Activision good! Ok, i'll even accept EA if the game is killer.

Just think about it. Activision is going to sell off or close Bizarre. The masterminds who made amazing PGR games, Who made Geometry Wars, Who made Blur... will now be gone. And now Budcat. What do you think will happen to Bungie in a few years? D:

The least they could have done was wait after Christmas... -_-;

@Crashbox45 You read my mind on that one. I'm sure they have a lot of QA testers, but one thing I think Acti needs (outside of an excision of Kotick) is better Quality Assurance before releasing their IP-milking games.

thanks for porting Psychonauts to the ps2, budcat. R.I.P.

Activision is on a killing spree, it seems. I only wish that the victims were Kotick and the chairmen of Activision, not the developers themselves.

They also layed off some of their QA team. Meaning Activision is now leaning towards quantity over quality.

Only knew them in guitar hero. Awww they died.

Another company with good games that was put to rest by Activision...

Bad title pun...and photo caption.