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Disney Pulls The Plug On Propaganda Games

The makers of Tron: Evolution and Turok are no more. Disney confirmed the (not too surprising) closure of Vancouver-based dev Propaganda Games today, saying “The studio has completed all work associated with its most recent project.”


November 17, 2010
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Ex LucasArts, Budcat Employees To Also Have A Lousy Christmas

Bizarre Creations isn’t the only video game developer dealing with hard times right now. Two more developers appear to have been affected by holiday layoffs, including Star Wars: The Force Unleashed creator LucasArts and Guitar Hero studio Budcat Creations.


November 1, 2010
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Kane & Lynch, Hitman Dev Hit With Layoffs

IO Interactive, the Danish studio behind Hitman and Kane & Lynch, let go about 30 employees this week, according to sources close to the studio.


October 28, 2010
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Annual EA Layoffs Hit NBA, Skate Teams Hardest, Sources Say

EA has issued its latest round off layoffs today, describing them as “season roll-offs,” which sounds much more pleasant. According to sources claiming knowledge of the situation, EA Canada, developer of Skate and NBA Elite, bore the brunt of those cuts.


October 11, 2010
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Call Of Duty DS Studio Says They’re Not Closing

“n-Space is down, but definitely not out,” says the studio’s CEO, Dan O’Leary, addressing rumors that the developer of Call of Duty: Black Ops’ DS version has closed its doors.


October 9, 2010

Rumour: Geist, Call Of Duty DS Developer n-Space Shuts Down

n-Space, the Orlando-based studio behind GameCube title Geist and the Nintendo DS versions of numerous Call of Duty and James Bond games, is reported to have closed its doors earlier today.


August 17, 2010
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About 30 Jobs Lost At 2K Sports

Visual Concepts, the 2K Sports in-house studio handling NBA 2K, NHL 2K and MLB 2K, cut roughly 30 positions, Take-Two Interactive confirmed today. Very few jobs, if any, came from the studio’s upcoming NBA 2K11, its biggest moneymaker.


August 14, 2010
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Developer N-Space Cuts Back

n-Space, the video game studio responsible for creating some the smaller versions of the industry’s biggest games, confirmed to Kotaku that it had laid off 25 per cent of its approximately 100 employees, citing a “momentary reduced demand”.


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APB Developer Realtime Worlds Hit With Major Layoffs

The studio behind the ambitious cops and crooks online game APB may be on the verge of closure, according to sources claiming to have knowledge of the situation. But developer Realtime Worlds says it’s “fully committed” to the massively multiplayer game.


July 16, 2010
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Sony Online Better Aligns 35 Employees Out Of Work

The maker of massively multiplayer online games Star Wars Galaxies and Everquest is making cuts this week, eliminating “just over 4 per cent of its full-time workforce,” Sony Online Entertainment reps tell Kotaku.