Bioware Austin Layoffs?

skankerzero

Just heard on the tubes.

Few hundred?

Hope everyone is ok.

Brings this back to mind:
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=97910&highlight=ea+layoffs

skankerzero

confirmed.

Now just waiting on the numbers.

Joshua Stubbles

Sucks
I'm guessing it was a lot of QA and GM's?

skankerzero

lets hope.

although some rumblings say it was a Dragon Age Facebook team? not sure yet though. We'll see.

Justin Meisse

It's sad, I knew it was coming years ago but I didn't want to be a curmudgeon when EA started talking about Bioware Austin exactly how they talked about Mythic, hopefully everyone listened to the jaded Mythic guys at the studio and prepared for it.

I_luv_Pixels

damn...always sad

Mark Dygert

Damn it...

skankerzero

as always, KingsIsle is hiring.

http://www.kingsisle.com/jobs

Jason Young

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=462269

we’ve done some restructuring here on the SWTOR team.

yodude87

that sucks... hoping everything goes alright (in the limits of possible) for the people involved...

aivanov

"Restructuring"

Eurgh. Why don't we restructure the ridiculous budgets instead.

Joshua Stubbles

Likewise, Timegate is still hiring for some positions, if you're willing to relocate to the greater Houston area.

http://timegatestudios.catsone.com/careers/

bounchfx

I hope everyone there lands on their feet asap.

skylebones

Really hate to hear this. And it drives me crazy when they say 'restructuring' like it aint no thing, just business as usual. There is something seriously wrong with that attitude.

Nick Carver

Any official word on how many have been let go yet?

Jesse Moody

Also hiring here at Treyarch and many other Activision studios for a ton of different positions!!!

BlvdNights

Sadly not that many artist positions (just Character and UI) but we do have openings in other positions like producer, cinematic artist, and designers!

http://www.telltalegames.com/company/jobs/

JacqueChoi

I know the 'Age of Conan' and 'The Secret World' teams are looking for Concept artists here in Montreal.

http://www.funcom.com/jobs/montreal


Also an Art Director for 'Social games'.

erroldynamic

Ah, that really blows. It sucks to see Austin hit so hard recently with all these layoffs... I fucking love Austin. Anyways, hope to see everyone come out ok.

OrganizedChaos

Retro Studios is still looking for a contract designer and contract concept artist
http://www.retrostudios.com/careers.asp

nick2730

dang, good luck all

3DKnight

As an ex-Biowareite it's sad too see ex-workmates hit

Donavonyoung

My deepest condolences to those affected. We may need to sacrafice a unicorn to stop the layoffs.

bugo

From my sources it seems that the art team is doing ok, I'm not sure about how many yet.

ScoobyDoofus

Man, that's rough. I hope everybody lands on their feet!

Alberto Rdrgz

Good luck to all, and if you're willing to relocate here's some stuff rolling thru gamasutra.

READY AT DAWN.
http://jobs.gamasutra.com/JobSeekerX/ViewCompanyProfile.asp?CompanyProfileID=3920

ACTIVISION companies.
http://jobs.gamasutra.com/jobSeekerx/ViewAccountProfile.asp?accountno=101

SQUAREENIX
http://jobs.gamasutra.com/JobSeekerX/ViewCompanyProfile.asp?CompanyProfileID=5172

GENERAL Job Search.
http://www.gamasutra.com/jobs/

Shogun3d

Heard the bad news, good luck guys. Stay motivated.

Gav

Already tweeted this, but:

http://irrationalgames.com/studio/careers-at-irrational/

erik!

holla! http://liquiddevelopment.com/

Torch

Sucks, good luck to all involved!

Vio

Its starting to feel like a stressful RTS game where bases keep falling. I really hope they find themselves in a job again sooner than they expect.

monster

Robot is hiring programmers, especially Server Programmers.

http://www.robotentertainment.com/careers