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Massively interviews WAR's producer on the future of the game

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:21:21 +0000

Warhammer Online has gone through big changes recently, both in-game and out. Mythic recently released the title's 1.3.2 patch , which had some controversial changes , and this week we learned that staffers at the studio were let go as part of Electronic Arts' new business strategy. In ...

Warhammer Vault - The Ultimate Resource found this 8 days ago on massively.com

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Working As Intended Podcast #9 – With CCP’s Noah Ward on Dominion and DUST 514

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:07:11 +0000

Welcome to the 9th episode of the Working As Intended podcast! We have a very special show this week with special guest Lead Designer Noah Ward from CCP Games! This episode also features out EVE Online: Dominion contest! You will find full shownotes and contest information below. Topics ...

TheMMOGamer posted 5 days ago from mmogamer.com

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Jeff Skalski - WAR Producer's Letter

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:50:21 +0000

Hey Fellow Waaaghers, Just wanted to drop a few lines to follow up where our fearless leader, Mr. Hickman, left off reaffirm that our support and dedication to making WAR the best RvR experience in the market has not changed. We're just a few weeks past the launch of 1.3.2 and heavily testing ...

Zizlak's travel diary found this 8 days ago on herald.warhammeronline.com

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Report: Layoffs Hit EA Studios Including Tiburon, Black Box, Redwood Shores, Mythic

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:15:08 +0000

[ Update: As part of its quarterly financial results, Electronic Arts issued a statement confirming it will lay off 1,500 workers by April 2010.] Gamasutra has learned that major third-party publisher Electronic Arts issued a round of layoffs across its studios ahead of its earnings call this ...

Cuppytalk found this 12 days ago on gamasutra.com

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Warhammer Online, after almost 4 months

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:32:15 +0000

Mythic laid off 80 people today, which is about 40% of the company and responsible for 90% of the content. According to a friend of mine who left before this happened, they're putting Warhammer into "maintenance mode." I am not sure if there's been an official announcement, but my friend said ...

Broken Toys found this 12 days ago on quartertothree.com

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Rorschach you are not

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:52:30 +0000

Mmmm Gud hits the nail on the head with the blog post " Maintenance mode? Absolutely incorrect ". But of course the doom callers will say the post Lokax links to is just from some community manager, so what do they know eh? Random forum troll #11678 knows much more, they have secret sources ...

Grimnir's Grudge found this 5 days ago on bootaesbloodyblog.blogspot.com

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Rumor: 80 more layoffs hit Mythic

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Gamasutra is reporting that another 80 layoffs have hit Mythic Entertainment as well as several other Electronic Arts studios, although Mythic was the only MMO group to feel the sting of sudden unemployment. That would equate to 40% of the team, which would make for a brutal staff blow. ...

WoW.com found this 11 days ago on massively.com

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Rumor: EA Guts Workforce After Big Playfish Buyout [Rumor]

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:15:08 +0000

Electronic Arts has taken the ax to hundreds of employees at locations in Burnaby, Orlando and San Francisco today, according to chatter from former EA employees, issuing layoffs the same day it...

Cuppytalk found this 12 days ago on kotaku.com

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Commentary: Mythic keeps avoiding the solution to their problems

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 13:46:18 +0000

Mythic may have had me at hello with their promise of epic city sieges, but the tier 4 reality is anything but love. In fact, it's one of the primary reasons for my departure in June. However, the developers now have some " short term " changes in store. But are they a sign of good things to ...

Bio Break found this 13 days ago on incomingpull.blogspot.com

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Old DAoC players, chime in

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:24:43 +0000

I’m curious, why did people quit? I know I hear how horrible Trials of Atlantis was for the game. But how long ago was that? Hasn’t the game outpaced that particular speed bump by this point? Why have none of you gone back to the game if that is so? Is the game no longer worth ...

N/A found this 9 days ago on shadowwar.wordpress.com

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Monday’s Good, Bad and Ugly

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:06:25 +0000

The Good: BioWare has responded to (reasonable) player concerns about the Warden’s Keep DLC in Dragon Age being a monetary barrier between players and a storage chest by providing a new patch that gives every player a chest in their camp. The Bad: Both Gamasutra and Kotaku have ...

Kill Ten Rats found this 5 days ago on biobreak.wordpress.com

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The Financial State Of The Industry

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:23:00 +0000

According to Scott Jennings' sources , EA has laid off 40% of Mythic's staff. This group supposedly includes 90% of the folks responsible for the content in Warhammer, with the rumor that the game is being shifted to "maintenance mode" - EA will keep enough folks around to run the servers and ...

Bullet Points found this 11 days ago on playervsdeveloper.blogspot.com

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Jeff Hickman - Executive Producer's Letter

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:45:22 +0000

Hello everyone, With all that is going on within Mythic Entertainment and EA, I would like to take a moment to reinforce the studio’s dedication to both our games and our players. At Mythic, we remain committed to our games and the passionate people who play them – we’re going to continue to ...

Warhammer Vault - The Ultimate Resource found this 10 days ago on herald.warhammeronline.com

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Quote of the Day #2

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:07:24 +0000

“Mythic laid off 80 people today, which is about 40% of the company and responsible for 90% of the content. According to a friend of mine who left before this happened, they’re putting Warhammer into ‘maintenance mode.’” ~ Athryn

Kill Ten Rats found this 11 days ago on biobreak.wordpress.com

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EA: It’s In The Game (The Unemployment Line, Specifically)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:17:00 +0000

From EA’s earning report: This action will result in the closure of several facilities and a headcount reduction of approximately 1,500 positions, of which 1,300 are included in a restructuring plan. The majority of these actions will be completed by March 31, 2010. This plan will ...

Player Versus Developer found this 11 days ago on brokentoys.org

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Trouble at EA Mythic

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:24:55 +0000

Something fishy (and no, I don’t just mean the acquisition of social game developer Play Fish by their publisher, EA ) floating around the Mythic Entertainment tank today. Twitter is all…atwitter with reports like this and this from staffers and people otherwise considered to be in the know ...

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