This always sucks to hear. I'd be interested to find out what the current proportion of unemployment is within the game industry. There doesn't seem to be many studios in Canada to hold all the people being laid off and coming out of schools all the time. Forming a bunch of startups is great, but how many get off the…
Companies will shut until PS4 development kicks in (which already have for many studios). It's a bad thing for sure. But since plans changed, I'm sure EA doesn't want to keep spending money with the "old" consoles anymore. Good luck to all affected.
Spent about 5 minutes coming up with a word that express the magnitude of my disappointment without being too profane. "Fuck" is all I got. Best of luck in landing a new gig guys. EA not showing on the press conference yesterday and laying off people today - seems like they might be in a bit of a turmoil. :(
I spend a couple of hours looking at reasons for the layoff and am coming short. Some people are describing it almost like Gameloft 2.0 layoff, only instead of shadily firing everyone, severance packages and such were issued. Also, this: "Many employees are being retrained for new positions; however a small number will be…