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Capcom Vancouver lays off 7% of staff, but is apparently still hiring
- Thread starter bishoptl
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Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
wonder if they were falling to far behind on their next project
https://twitter.com/604TMS
this is twitter account of Studio recruiter at Capcom Vancouver, yesterday
now this happened, looks like it was a sudden, unexpected thing, must be a bad one I think.
this is twitter account of Studio recruiter at Capcom Vancouver, yesterday
now this happened, looks like it was a sudden, unexpected thing, must be a bad one I think.
Shit. That does sound like something bad happened. Capcom Japan must have dropped some awful news on them today. Shit's fucked up. I hope everyone affected lands on their feet. >_<
SolarPowered
Member
What are you implying?
metalslimer
Member
God damnit Capcom. I wonder if the Dragon's Bomba is having company wide repercussions
Edot: Why are people going on about graphics? Dead Rising 2 performed really well
Edot: Why are people going on about graphics? Dead Rising 2 performed really well
I just checked and your right about the rumor that the Lost Planet 3 devs (Sparks Unlimited) are also working on Onimusha
http://jobs.gamasutra.com/jobseekerx/viewjobrss.asp?cjid=29982&accountno=352
The Ace of Knaves
Banned
This kind of mentality is going to hurt more than help anything.
No way as in I refuse to believe Capcom would do something like that to poor Ono.
ThatObviousUser
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How much does this impact the Canadian games industry?
Capcom bought them two years ago, that's what went terrible wrong.
Capcom bought them two years ago, that's what went terrible wrong.
What do you mean?
shaowebb
Member
Are you kidding me!? Jesus they just went through a major hiring spree for a whole year! What on Earth man...
God, I even talked to someone here on Neogaf from that studio last year who critiqued my work and helped me figure out things (thank you Mikeeb13) I needed to focus on in my animation portfolio. Best of luck to anyone who is tangled up in this mess. I hope everyone lands on their feet, because Vancouver is an expensive place to live and having to relocate is a possibility some may face as this is not the first studio thats faced this up there. The market is filling up for the jobs that are left in that town. Blue Castle Games aka Capcom Vancouver is also one of the few studios that pulled in money last year off of their games. They were profitable and supposedly being handed 1 or 2 new projects (thus the hiring spree).
With all that why the layoffs? It just makes so little sense to me. Its likely they are the ones on Darkstalkers 4 too since Ono has been spending time up there lately.
Terrible news.
Exactly, and it's pretty much a fact that they won't have anything near that next gen.
Crazymoogle
Member
Bish, my sources are unaware of anything going down. Might be just a small layoff?
kunonabi
Member
I have to admit despite loving Dead Rising and being psyched for the sequel I never actually got around to picking it up. By the time I could afford it they already announced OTR. Had OTR actually included DR2 I would have bought it in a heartbeat. In the end I didn't buy either despite the original being the only reason I really bought a 360.
unknownhero
Member
Not to put words in his mouth but I believe he's saying that if capcom didn't buy them then there wouldn't be any layoffs.
Anyways, this sucks for everyone that has been laid off. Like someone said, how is anyone supposed to survive next gen?
ThatObviousUser
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I dunno, Capcom bitterness reaction.
Although thinking about it, although DR2 was successful, would these layoffs be happening if they hadn't been bought? What did they work on before, and what were they working on when they were bought?
To me, it seems like the bigger publishers are the most often to announce layoffs. Capcom, EA, Activision, etc. I don't really see news when one of the smaller devs or publishers have layoffs -- that could either be because it doesn't happen as often, or because it doesn't make the news since they're not as big. Probably a combo of the two.
slaughterking
Member
Pretty fucked up considering Capcom only recently bought them. Outsourcing their games to shit developers like Spark or Slant Six is probably much cheaper for them and doesn't have any significantly negative effects on sales.
Not that I was super impressed by Dead Rising 2, but it was a pretty solid sequel.
Not that I was super impressed by Dead Rising 2, but it was a pretty solid sequel.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Vancouver is a shitty place to develop games from a publisher perspective, so this isn't doing much that time would not have done soon, anyway.
Then explain to the company's that they shouldn't make stupid moves.
You'd think they'd start cutting costs starting with the developers responsible for those money sinks instead of canning a developer who's made them money. Then again I assume Capcom Japan just wants to take care of their own first and foremost.
IC_Champion
Member
I hope everything turns out well for the people. I liked their corporate culture.
DR2K
Banned
It's really not the talent's fault. It's more to do with piss poor management.
gamergirly
Member
This is why I think Wii U will be a viable platform for some third party companies and many independent studios. While it won't be cheap to put games on Wii U, it won't be as expensive as PS4/720. I hope Capcom considers it outside Japan
https://twitter/MrMBlackmore account of a game designer in Vancouver
something is happening.
Trouble at Capcom Vancouver?yes there is.
Capcom Vancouver. 3pm company meeting. Eep. #HoldsBreath...
something is happening.
Sure but I assume heads have to roll somewhere. It's just strange that they start laying off developers from a studio that's made them money. The Japanese branch hasn't had any layoffs have they?
The Ace of Knaves
Banned
And yet they keep pooling their money into SFxT.
smdh Capcom.
I thought they were working on Onimusha, I can't see Vancouver working on Darkstalkers at all.
OH NO
ThatCrazyGuy
Member
Why is it shitty? If I may ask.
Vyse The Legend
Member
That happened. No one bought it; in fact, most people don't know it exists.
SolarPowered
Member
They're not "pooling" money into that game. The money was just tied into SFxT months ago. Not making use of the marketing talent and resources they allocated might be an even larger waste of their time and money at this point.
It's not easy trying to turn a ship around.
ShockingAlberto
Member
As I understand it, tax breaks are piss-poor in comparison to places like Quebec.
chun li's thighs
Member
This might not mean anything for now. All studios (well depending on their product planning) go through stages where they have to cut people due to where they are in for the dev cycle. I hope there's some kind of statement issued about this to clear it up.
I hope these guys will get back on their feet quickly, bad news are bad.
This can be a part of the problem indeed.
This can be a part of the problem indeed.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Capcom already treats him like shit.
Stealth20k
Banned
I am not really suprised........
Garcia el Gringo
Member
Damn, I really like Dead Rising 2, Case West and Case Zero. I don't really have anything to say that hasn't already been said.
Damn, I really like Dead Rising 2, Case West and Case Zero. I don't really have anything to say that hasn't already been said.
Pretty much. It's a sad day to be a Dead Rising fan.
dragonlife
Member
Aw, man. I really loved DR2. I hope it goes well for whoever gets laid off.
