All but 15 staff expected to be laid off as Ken Levine refocuses on "a smaller, more entrepreneurial endeavor at Take-Two." http://www.irrationalgames.com/ Best of luck to those affected, sure you'll get snapped up by another studio in no time :(
I'm all for making things more stable and predictable. I'm at a pretty stable company and if I didn't have the stability I would probably leave. If I couldn't find that same level of stability some place else I would consider leaving the industry. BUT applying stability to a creative process often kills it. It's like…