Report: Radical, High Moon hit hard by layoffs

when you think about it that Activision Blizzard has WoW in their backpucket why do they ever want/need to cut staff? i mean... they make millions of dollers every month of that game alone!!! its like their never ending supplyment of cold cash! sorta like windows is for Microsoft... which is sorta funny when you think about how much windows and wow ****! they have totally that one (BIG) thing in commen!!! xD

@ Jpiniones2002: It should have been out this month. It was scheduled for sometime in Q3 of this year. Apparently, they decided to move it. However, like Bozack and untitledcause said, I can wait a few more months. But if it gets pushed back any farther, then they may have to cancel it which would basically make me cry.

im with bozack when is huxley comin out

A game like that should of not be pushed back like that. Just because the Economy is in a slump. And people getting fired for the mergers of the two company's. Shouldn't that game be out like this coming holiday season.

We have known that Prototype was being pushed back to 2009 for a while now, but as for the state the game is at the moment is questionable. As long as Prototype development doesn't get scratched and the game gets the polish it deserves, I'm fine with them shedding some weight.

I dont care who gets fired; as long as Prototype is as good as it looks! And just on a side-note.... is anyone else here waiting for that damn game huxley?

On Gametrailers the Release Date is changed from Q3 2008 to Q1 2009. This sucks I want Prototype NOW

Zoomer, you don't have to worry about that, it's against the law to be a complete monopoly in any one industry. The USA is run on competition, it helps drive the economy, so obviously the government doesn't want a monopoly. This law was passed some time ago when a railroad company was aggressively buying out the others, be it underhanded or just using good ole wads of cash.

So now all we need is for EA to buy the Activenizzard congolmorate, get T2 and then the world will end.

Its the name of the game. Employment in the software game industry can be marked by short stints when you have a job followed by long periods out of work. no one gets into the biz expecting to work there 20 years. If they get 5 years out of a place thats pretty good. Even though Bush has messed up TONS of stuff the past 8 years, blaming game dev layoffs/downsizing on him is a stretch. When a place merges with another place, there will be blood. No way to avoid it if you want to stay in business. At least STO is back in dev, that sould keep that team well paid for the next few years (until the thing bleeds the company dry and THEY need to drop it like the last 2 places that tried)

pidow...let me see if I understand this. Activision and Vivendi/Blizzard merge. The fact that they now have too many people working for the mergered company is Bush's fault? How can that be? As to China, they can goose step there troops at the Summer Olympics just like a former German dictator did some 70 years ago. It doesn't mean they will "rule the world".

It's sad that the American workforce is still paying the price for Bush....he very, very need to be replaced in November or soon their will be not USA...Countries like China will own the US.

So these two massive companies who are doing good are cutting staff? Seems pretty greedy to me.

man poor people who go cut hopefully it doesn't affect games/developing that much don't want to see good games getting cut cause of to much pressure hopefully prototype will come out on time though its starting to annoy me how much it is being pushed back

The Only thing i care about is for Prototype to be out in time.

Highmoon needed Darkwatch 2, which would be awesome for them, looking at Gears Of War...

that sucks...i feel for those people

Dang layoffs are never good

It can't be easy to get hired as a game developer. That is a tough job market. I wish them luck.

Wow this stinks... I also laughed at the last paragraph. Hahaha

The other projects in development at Radical would have certainly made a profit so it's sad to see a large corporation decide to cut jobs just to save a little money. According to a recent statement, Activision/Vivendi/Blizzard had over ONE BILLION dollars in their company 'warchest' that allowed them breathing room for taking risks with current and future projects. I wonder what will happen to the team that worked on Scarface? I thought I read something a while back about Radical developing a sequel to that game?

That stinks!!!

This is ridiculous. When did it suddenly become National Pink Slip Month?

and the pink slips keep a comin!

What the hell? THis is getting ridiculous. Why is it suddenly National Fire People Month?

Did anyone else laugh at the last paragraph?

i hate activision now... good luck to all those of the 150...

***, poor souls. Corporate ********!

Damn! So many people. The gaming industry is getting a shake up, and mabye not all for the better. I hope Prototype hasn't been cancelled, they did say they were going to keep it.