Wildstar Carbine studio Lays off 60
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http://www.polygon.com/2014/10/23/7050545/wildstar-carbine-studios-layoffs
"...Carbine was especially hard-hit by the layoffs. The studio reportedly lost over 60 members of its team of a few hundred. Our source says the layoffs included Carbine employees across all levels, not just entry level or less senior staff."
"...Carbine was especially hard-hit by the layoffs. The studio reportedly lost over 60 members of its team of a few hundred. Our source says the layoffs included Carbine employees across all levels, not just entry level or less senior staff."
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Which is ridiculous, and my answer to that would then be that people should stop helping worthless mismanaged businesses make MMORPGs.
There are a small number of companies that don't do this...
To those affected, Cryptic likes to hire: http://crypticstudios.com/openings
We're hiring for most departments at https://www.kingsisle.com/jobs
I'd love to see what the portfolios of some of those people looked like when they got hired.
wo. that was unnecessary
It's just that with art of that level, I honestly don't see it as being a terribly hard place to get into, assuming they have openings.
Personally I wouldn't even see most of it as being at a professional level, but different people have different standards in that regard. Obviously they would disagree, at least.
In hindsight I guess basically calling it the worst was untactful, since some people who work(ed) on it may read these forums.
I stand by my statement though that they have very low standards.
I'm not sure if we're looking for any artists at this time, but check out the Ubi job site for Toronto here - https://www.ubisoftgroup.com/en-US/careers/search_for_jobs.aspx?LinkId=18351
Grimwolf - There are MANY professionals from tons of studios that visit Polycount everyday (TONS from Cryptic), it's fair to have constructive criticism where applicable but I would suggest refraining from posting things like that within threads like these. Post up some of your work here and focus on building your portfolio before you start hating on studios you don't work for :poly142:
lol
Sorry to hear about this from the Carbine guys/galz :[, best of luck to those affected
dude not only is this super rude, its also super off topic. your two post in this thread is among the worst ive seen on polycount. and ive been in some pretty shitty threads.
http://playfulcorp.com/jobs.html
I wasn't thinking about the thread itself when I posted that, or how appropriate it would be therein.
It was a kneejerk reaction to someone bringing up Cryptic, which as you can already tell I have an amazingly low opinion of.
Taking jabs at me after I already apologized will just drag it further off topic.
Dude, I have some good friends working on this game. Of course I am not going to show them this thread, but it makes me really sad and angry that they will probably come across it anyway.
I know a guy who was working at Cryptic up until recently, not sure if I should post his folio but he's pretty active on here and his work is insanely good
My advice to everyone wroking at Carbine. Abandon ship, while you can do it on your own terms.
**EDIT
Maybe get together and start your own studio / game project?
I see a lot of people don't even consider taking this step and with so much talent being "free" at the same time this looks like a massive opportunity.
I hope everyone lands on their feet. This is just another example of studios laying people off shortly after a game ships. If the studio you are working at is releasing a game, that's a perfect time to update your portfolio.
qft. good luck to everyone who's in this.
any of the carbine character or hard surface guys who got hit, please contact me if you feel like freelancing for a bit
Good luck guys!
we're also growing and hiring at a pretty regular cadence. I would love to see some of the carbine guys make their way up here.
I know apologies have been made and people have moved on - but I work at cryptic and I would just like to add something: it's not fair to judge an entire studio's art capabilities based on a 5 year old game that's running at MMORPG specs..from 5 years ago.
a 5 year old MMORPG that's still turning a profit, by the way, and hasn't had any mass layoffs in it's lifetime.
stability is a good thing.
/rant.
Hope everybody makes it to their next job ok. always a bummer.
@ Grimwolf,
You are
Of ending your Career right here.
For me the case doesn't look like bad management though. More like bad market research where someone just judged the demand for such a game wrong.Here I really disagree with old Yoda: You gotta try! "Do not" is just the wrong attitude for making games. At least the game got people employed for a while, allowing them to work in the industry, letting them gather experience and make connections, and hopefully they had a good time while working on this game!
I worked on some games that didn't do too well (Age of Conan anyone?) and while the game wasn't so great and people got laid off, it was a heck of a time and I had the honor to work with many great artists. I rather work on a game that gets canned, canceled, whatever over doing anything else, because making games is fun! I hope the same is true for the Carbine guys and they find new jobs soon!
can we leave that to threads about the actual games? i'm pretty sure you can dig up an old Wildstar thread if you want to subject everybody to your opinion about it.
Getting canned was a blessing in disguise for me. Hope it is for you guys too!
Out of all the games I have played, and I play a lot of games, NOT ONCE have I thought "Man, this game is so much fun, but the graphic sucks so bad." Nada. Never. Ever.
And in one fell swoop, you've significantly diminished your chances of employment at a few studios represented on the forum
Hey guys we're looking for people at DE! Hope all is well!
http://www.digitalextremes.com/careers/postings
>Thread made
>Artists get blamed for layoff (lel, logic)
>Socio-Political analysis about game in said thread
C'mon peeps, you're better than this...
http://www.bungie.net/en/AboutUs#page=careers&job=10073
Never ceases to amaze me.
You guys should be proud, though. The art produced for this game is absolutely amazing!
As usual, please take a moment to look at the Blizzard's current openings :
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/index.html
Best of luck, guys!
-R