Warhammer 40k MMO is not an MMO anymore lol, layoffs at Relic and Vigil

AGOURA HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 29, 2012-- THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) today announced that it has refocused Warhammer® 40,000®: Dark Millennium™ from a Massively Multiplayer Online game to an immersive single player and online multiplayer experience with robust digital content, and engaging community features. Further product details, platforms and release timing will be announced at a later date.

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As a result of this change, team sizes at two THQ internal studios will be reduced by 79 full-time employees at Vigil Games in Austin, Texas, and 39 employees at Relic Entertainment in Vancouver, B.C.

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that stinks...I was looking forward to it.

I'm looking forward to it much more now; I don't really like MMOs.

Shame about the layoffs though :(

....I dont know what to say. Am i happy that it isnt an mmo or sad that they were stupid enough to decide to fire 79 people for a possibly stupid decision...kris9031998

That's almost half of Vigil's staff (around 190). Relic wasn't hit that hard, they had around 150 employees.

Bad to see people lose jobs, but removing it from the MMO scene was a good choice

Singleplayer = good, helluv lay-offs = bad. This news has left me indifferent.

It must suck to be a developer. Unless you are a top engineer or a top game designer with name recognitiion, the state of your employment is in constant flux.

Who wants to live like that? How do you have a family in those conditions?

Are vigil the same people that make the Darksiders games?

Shame to see Layoffs at relic, hopefully none of the few remaining talented people there are given the boot.

It must suck to be a developer. Unless you are a top engineer or a top game designer with name recognitiion, the state of your employment is in constant flux.

Who wants to live like that? How do you have a family in those conditions?

Kinthalis

Are vigil the same people that make the Darksiders games?

Shame to see Layoffs at relic, hopefully none of the few remaining talented people there are given the boot.

with_teeth26

But in relation to the game, didn't the same thing happen to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning ??? FelipeInside

No. That was Big Huge Games' singleplayer RPG from the start. When the company was bought by 38 Studios it was reskinned and acts a prequel to 38's MMO.

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]But in relation to the game, didn't the same thing happen to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning ??? Baranga

No. That was Big Huge Games' singleplayer RPG from the start. When the company was bought by 38 Studios it was reskinned and acts a prequel to 38's MMO.

I'm looking forward to it much more now; I don't really like MMOs.

Shame about the layoffs though :(

Postmortem123

It must suck to be a developer. Unless you are a top engineer or a top game designer with name recognitiion, the state of your employment is in constant flux.

Who wants to live like that? How do you have a family in those conditions?

Kinthalis

[QUOTE="Baranga"]

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]But in relation to the game, didn't the same thing happen to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning ??? FelipeInside

No. That was Big Huge Games' singleplayer RPG from the start. When the company was bought by 38 Studios it was reskinned and acts a prequel to 38's MMO.

For some perspective, this guy is the lead designer.

It's much better then releasing a failure with tons of money spent on it.

I wasn't too bothered about the genre of the game, but I feel sorry for even more people being layed off :/ - It's hard enough to get a job nowadays, and to lose it over something that is potentially an incorrect decision seems unfair (to me at least).

It sucks that all of those people were laid off. I really hope they find something else quickly.

That said, I think MMOs are the most horrible thing ever, and I'm really happy to hear that a new Warhammer game is coming out. I just hope it doesn't have point and click combat, because it will be even harder to put up with crappy gameplay without the "social" element there to back it up.

It sucks that all of those people were laid off. I really hope they find something else quickly.

That said, I think MMOs are the most horrible thing ever, and I'm really happy to hear that a new Warhammer game is coming out. I just hope it doesn't have point and click combat, because it will be even harder to put up with crappy gameplay without the "social" element there to back it up.

xLittlekillx

Sucks about the layoffs but in regard to the development... meh?

[QUOTE="xLittlekillx"]

It sucks that all of those people were laid off. I really hope they find something else quickly.

That said, I think MMOs are the most horrible thing ever, and I'm really happy to hear that a new Warhammer game is coming out. I just hope it doesn't have point and click combat, because it will be even harder to put up with crappy gameplay without the "social" element there to back it up.

INeedAids

This would be one of the few MMOs where fetch quests and "kill X dudes" quests would make sense.

Specifically, "fetch 20 skulls for my skull throne" and "exterminate 500 dudes for the Emprah".

My only hope now is that I can play an Inquisitor and be a massive douchebag to everyone.

FOR THE EMPRAH

(also please bring back Mark Strong and make him voice every character)

Noooooo! D:

I really hope it won't be like Space Marine then...

Hope it gets released and it is mod friendly. But yeah I can live with SP, if it has a large world dynamic combat and tons of WH40K fluf.