Game Studio Layoffs Website

slipsius

Not sure if this has been sent around, but check this out... A website dedicated to all the layoffs within the industry. Kinda sad that something like this needs to exist... But ya, might be helpful for people lookin for studios that are more stable than others.

http://gamejobwatch.com

chrisradsby

Geez, gets you all depressed looking at it. =/

slipsius

Ya it really is. But it looks like a nice place for ex employees to post annonymously about why they happened or what have you.

JohnnyRaptor

great resource but

Xoliul

Lol so this is blocked at work

Kwramm

Xoliul wrote: »

Lol so this is blocked at work

lol. Does your employer think you don't have internet at home or are they afraid you'll start to cry over this and don't stop for the rest of the day? Or quit out of solidarity?

Mark Dygert

Entertainment will always be the first to feel the ill effects of a down economy and the last to recover. Keep in mind that what a lot of people count as normal for the industry was during the boom years of an economy. Unless we kick off another boom and bust cycle its probably not likely to ever go back to what a lot of people consider normal.

A lot of investment money was free flowing back in the boom years and I don't see anyone being that stupid with their investments for a really long time.

Justin Meisse

DKK wrote: »

Why did Valve lay 25 people off? Don't they have hats that print money(TF2)?

They had a hardware division that they shut down

IchII3D

ExcessiveZero

Yeah saw it on kotaku today, would be nice if it organized it into catagories though of what profession, if its Administrators and customer service I wouldn't be as bothered......but thats alot of numbers....

SouthpawSid

haha, I feel like I've been featured on this website in a way! (hms layoff) Mega-sad that the site has to even be, though.