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V_Ben

Banned

• Feb 17, 2012

• #1

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-02-17-25-jobs-cut-at-starbreeze-following-syndicate-completion

Swedish developer Starbreeze is cutting 25 jobs following the completion of Syndicate for publisher Electronic Arts.

Board member Peter Tornquist will resign from Starbreeze's board with no replacement planned.

"It is sad that we are forced to make staff cutbacks affecting employees. But we have to reduce staff after the final delivery of the Syndicate," offered Mikael Nermark, CEO of Starbreeze.

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Possibly just temporary staff brought on to finish the project, but still awful to see. That resignation is... interesting though.

 

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codhand

Member

• Feb 17, 2012

• #2

Should we start listing these as Shocking News?

 

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V_Ben

Banned

• Feb 17, 2012

• #3

codhand said:

Should we start listing these as Shocking News?

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Its sad that this is now such a common occurrence :/

 

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AgentOtaku

Member

• Feb 17, 2012

• #4

=(

Still buying the fuck outta Syndicate though

 

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John Rabbit

Banned

• Feb 17, 2012

• #5

V_Ben said:

Its sad that this is now such a common occurrence :/

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sounds like the standard cycle of contract work.

 

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mclem

Member

• Feb 17, 2012

• #6

Rabbitwork said:

sounds like the standard cycle of contract work.

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The quote doesn't make it sound like that.

Out of interest: 25 strikes me as an awfully round number. And there are laws requiring extra employee consultation in various countries if the number of redundancies in one spell goes over a certain level. In Sweden, is that level 25?

 

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I-hate-u

Member

• Feb 17, 2012

• #7

Yeah this is not out of the norm after any game project completetion

 

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Barack Lesnar

Banned

• Feb 17, 2012

• #8

Happens all the time after a game's done
Not news

 

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(._.)

Banned

• Feb 17, 2012

• #9

standard for many projects as far as I know.

 

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Brandon F

Well congratulations! You got yourself caught!

• Feb 17, 2012

• #10

My hopes for an Enclave sequel are dashed again.