Still Have A Job? You're Doing Better Then These Guys
Microsoft: 5000 jobs gone
Sony: “headcount reduction” incoming
Sega: 30 positions removed
Trion: 20 axed
Eidos: 14 down
EA: Who knows? Even Madden not immune. Ship a game, lose your job.
Scott Jennings
Now THIS Is A Well Targeted Ad Buy
Protip: when selling advertising on your official forums, be careful who you sell it to.
Original story at WowInsider
No, Really, This Is The Real Hitler Problem
Patch Day Goes Poorly For Some, Well For Others
Poorly: Blizzard, which decided Lich King’s release was going so well it was time to remind people what haphazard maintenance looks like.
Better: whitehouse.gov: Few complaints, still some class balance issues
Vice President
* The Vice President has been correctly reclassified as a pet.
* No longer immune to damage
RMT "Inevitable"? Not So Fast...
RedBedlam/Roma Victor founder Kerry Fraser-Robinson, previously best known for crucifying his user base, gives an interview where he makes controversial statements to gain publicity on blogsexhorts game developers who dislike gold farming to suck up and deal with it.
The closer you get to having a virtual world that
The Real Hitler Problem
Strategy gaming blogger Troy Goodfellow links and comments on an article talking about a subject that often comes up in gaming, especially the strategy variety – how do you tell the story of the Greatest Generation without, well, its antithesis?
The point is made specifically in reference to Total War, which
Layoffs Rumored At Mythic
21 customer service employees, half of QA and all of the playtest group according to Joystiq, which if true would mean that Mythic is not immune to the layoffs coursing through the rest of EA’s bloodstream.
All is not lost, though, as the MMO company still finds time to