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New source claims 300 Elder Scrolls Online layoffs throughout 2015
The Bethsoft layoffs saga has just gotten weirder.
Last week, Irish news outlet The Connacht Tribune reported that 300 customer service representatives had been newly let...
Gigantic developer Motiga discusses delays and future updates
People who were hoping for Gigantic to hit full retail release some time this year are no doubt a wee bit disappointed that the...
Elder Scrolls Online reportedly lays off 300 support staff [Updated]
Bethsoft has reportedly laid off a large number of Elder Scrolls Online support staff from its Irish base.
The Connacht Tribune says that 300 customer service...
Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: Biggest Disappointment of 2015
Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the biggest MMO disappointment of 2015.
Last year, we gave this "award" to WildStar and ArcheAge in...
Gigantic developer Motiga lays off 16, delays launch into 2016 [Updated]
Gigantic developer Motiga has apparently suffered a round of layoffs today.
Former Community Manager Allie Murdock tweeted the news:
https://twitter.com/MO_Huggles/status/672889333351776256
https://twitter.com/MO_Huggles/status/672888876822753280
We've reached out to Motiga and will update...
Rumor: Firefall studio Red 5 hit by layoffs [Confirmed]
Red 5 looks to be suffering through a round of layoffs, although the scope and reason behind the pink slips has yet to be revealed....
EverQuesting: Remembering EverQuest II’s bumpy 11th year
In the 11th year of EverQuest II, what did SOE/Daybreak give to me? An emotional rollercoaster ride! This Sunday marks 11 years of Norrathian...
Rumor: 2K shuts down the studio making Borderlands Online
Borderlands Online isn't looking so hot, according to a report filed today by MMO Culture. The blurb says that 2K Games has blown up...
Not So Massively: Star Citizen’s map is amazing (October 12, 2015)
Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...
Star Citizen studio ‘grows’ dev team, claims layoffs are ‘streamlin[ing]’
It's never exactly calming to hear that a large project is laying people off before release, and that's the rumor swirling around Cloud Imperium...
Global Chat: The death of hope for Pathfinder Online
Pathfinder Online might not be completely dead, but hope for it has certainly gone down the drain following the announcement of the studio's mass...
Gazillion shares more about the recent Marvel Heroes layoffs
During a David Brevik's weekly Marvel Heroes livestream, the Gazillion CEO confirmed two of the casualties of last week's layoffs.
The two employees among those...
Marvel Heroes studio Gazillion hit with layoffs [Confirmed]
It's sad news for fans of Marvel Heroes and Super Hero Squad Online as at least one of the teams behind Gazillion's successful titles appears to...
Pathfinder Online lays off almost entire staff
Paizo CEO Lisa Stevens has announced to Pathfinder Online supporters that the majority of the Goblinworks team working on the game has been laid off.
We...
More layoffs for ZeniMax (Update: Confirmed)
The end of this post has been updated with confirmation from Bethsoft as of August 20th.
Comments by a gaming industry recruiter and tech consultant have sparked...
Cloud Imperium comments on IllFonic’s Star Citizen involvement
Yesterday IllFonic confirmed that it had laid off six staff members from its Denver-based studio that is working on both Revival and the FPS...
Revival and Star Citizen studio IllFonic lays off six
IllFonic, the studio behind the dark fantasy sandbox Revival and one of several contributors to Star Citizen's FPS module, has laid off six staff members,...
Elder Scrolls Online loses two key devs, WoW picks up Moorgard from EQ Next
The MMO industry is a vibrant market that's always shifting as developers move between projects. So who has gone where lately?
For starters, former EverQuest...
Smedley has bright predictions for PlanetSide 2’s future
It's been said before and will be said again a few more times before it's no longer true: Fans of Daybreak games are a...
Perfect World to become privately owned
Perfect World is no longer a publicly traded company, as founder Michael Yufeng Chi made a deal to take the company private.
Chi will take...
