Studios Offer Helping Hand to Laid Off THQ Designers

[RA92]

"3000AD is hiring anyone with a pulse (u have to qualify - and no zombies plz) and who is tired of working for DA MAN!" was the pitch from Derek Smart [https://twitter.com/#!/dsmart/status/185459470099419137]. 3000AD is Smart's company, currently developing its own MMO Line of Defense.

Oh shit...

Developers, keep away from Derek Smart. You'll be stuck in a limbo where you'll be working on the same game for a decade, while your soul is slowly sucked away by his ego.

PS: He gave himself the last name.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Because now is a great time to go work for Bioware. *snickers*

Hey, at least they get free cupcakes.

Or they don't because some PR hacks have run off with them to give to poor kids.

 

[Weaver]

Oh man, Relic strategy talent with Paradox as the publisher sounds like a dream.

 

[DHMobile]

To the developers at Relic/Vigil, If you're interested in a full-time 2-3 month mobile game development gig in Vancouver and potentially long-term, or working at home with competitive compensation while you sort out your long-term plans, please contact me at [email protected] for more information. We're looking for 7-8 talented software developers, networking developers and one database developer. If you know of anyone that may be interested, I appreciate it if you send em my way. It's primarily a full-time job gig, overtime is available as well and we are also considering part-time positions for certain specialized task. This project will net you decent earnings while you sort through your career plans. I prefer to work with developers from Vancouver, however it's not necessary, feel free to contact me if you're from Austin Texas or anywhere else in the world. Please keep in mind, although this is a short gig, if we like each other and development goes well you're also looking at a competitive career alternative with decent compensation as well. Thank you for your interest!

Take care and best wishes.

DHmobile.

 

[A_Parked_Car]

Oh man, Relic strategy talent with Paradox as the publisher sounds like a dream.

I agree completely.


Anyway, this is a great story to hear. I hope those people laid off will be able to find more work fast.

 

[aemroth]

Good stuff. And the best part is the variety of options means some of them might actually get to more or less choose what kind of games to work in, which is always a major plus. Good luck folks!

 

[The Funslinger]

Im reminded of that opening sequence in mission 27 of Ace Combat 5.

From about 5:20 to 9:30, thats what im talking about.

Because now is a great time to go work for Bioware. *snickers*

Hey, at least they get free cupcakes.

As much as i love chocolate chip i wouldnt find it very comfortable working at a developer in the middle of a media shitstorm from its own fans. Unless one found the tears of fans funny, then it may be a different story.

I'm looking at it this way: They're receiving an injection of new blood, so we may see some interesting changes in new Bioware games.

Also, this:

 

[MortisLegio]

I am actually surprised game developers. Nice job.

This is just funny
Here:

 

[ThunderCavalier]

*applauds*

Hurray! The game industry proves that, amidst all of the legal and financial crap that it pulls with developers and gamers in order to make a profit, they still empathize and sympathize with their common man.

 

[Syzygy23]

I'm sorry if I can't write a lot of thoughtful things about this, but this image can sum up my feelings right now:

The best of luck for these guys.

A broken .jpg sums up your thoughts?

Is... is that good? Bad?

 

[The Pinray]

This is very nice. Don't have much more to say about it. So yeah, go devs!

 

[Darkmantle]

Im reminded of that opening sequence in mission 27 of Ace Combat 5.

From about 5:20 to 9:30, thats what im talking about.

Because now is a great time to go work for Bioware. *snickers*

Hey, at least they get free cupcakes.

As much as i love chocolate chip i wouldnt find it very comfortable working at a developer in the middle of a media shitstorm from its own fans. Unless one found the tears of fans funny, then it may be a different story.

I'm looking at it this way: They're receiving an injection of new blood, so we may see some interesting changes in new Bioware games.

Also, this:

man, do you mind if I use that pic?

and this is good news, I hope I can get a job that fast

 

[Darknacht]

Oh man, Relic strategy talent with Paradox as the publisher sounds like a dream.

I just got this great mental image of a Warhammer 40,000 grand strategy game made by Paradox with Relic talent. It would never happen but wouldn't it be interesting.

 

[Something Amyss]

Because now is a great time to go work for Bioware. *snickers*

To be fair, they're probably going to need a lot of people to rush out that ending DLC everyone seems to adamantly believe is coming.

 

[The Funslinger]

man, do you mind if I use that pic?

and this is good news, I hope I can get a job that fast

Well I didn't make it, so I don't care.

I am curious though, what did you have in mind?

 

[Nurb]

If you can ever manage to break into the industry, everyone is pretty cool with each other.

Of course we're still past the golden age where people who make games don't call the shots anymore.