View: https://twitter.com/thomas_griebel/status/1648800066721677317?s=20
Also seems some developers have already been leaving prior to the layoffs:
View: https://twitter.com/thomas_griebel/status/1648809854796955649?s=46&t=ZVih_LPxdTND3rcDF8c5BQ
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View: https://twitter.com/thomas_griebel/status/1648800066721677317?s=20
Also seems some developers have already been leaving prior to the layoffs:
View: https://twitter.com/thomas_griebel/status/1648809854796955649?s=46&t=ZVih_LPxdTND3rcDF8c5BQ
Zuckerberg is such a fucking dipshit who will never face the consequences of his own incompetence.
Damn, there was just a report yesterday that they were shifting internal focus to gaming and away from all the METAVERSE stuff and it heavily implied the gaming biz would avoid the layoffs. Guess not.
mixed-news.com
Report: Meta is doubling down on VR gaming and "retooling" headsets
Meta reportedly wants to focus more on games and is discussing how to get a major IP like "Call of Duty" or "Grand Theft Auto" into the Quest store.
mixed-news.com
Imagine being Zuck and being able to fuck around on an obsession (metaverse) despite everyone around you saying it's a waste of money, not making any progress, then just being able to fire a shit ton of people to make up for the fact you fucked up
Since Andrea Pessino was gone from Twitter I smelled that something wasn't going fine with RaD and now this... even if I never played their VR games, I always had mad respect for them, especially for Pessino that is a great dude.
Really sad to see... :'(
Really sad to see... :'(
But did Sony want that? Order burned them, just like Driveclub's launch months burned Evolution😥
My heart goes out to the team. Such an amazingly talented group of people who made the PSP sing with Daxter and God of War, had some missteps on PS4 but nonetheless pushed the envelope. Incredible VR games after...
Sad to see this happen to them.
Sad to see this happen to them.
They are shifting focus to generative AI and not gaming right?Damn, there was just a report yesterday that they were shifting internal focus to gaming and away from all the METAVERSE stuff and it heavily implied the gaming biz would avoid the layoffs. Guess not.
Report: Meta is doubling down on VR gaming and "retooling" headsets
Meta reportedly wants to focus more on games and is discussing how to get a major IP like "Call of Duty" or "Grand Theft Auto" into the Quest store.
I don't think they had a choice. Sony didn't seem to have interest in working with them again after The Order.
I just realize I can't find him on Twitter anymore.
"That's 40 people including the studio head", the employee also said on Twitter.
this is... unsurprising.
Again that's what you get when big IT corporations are trying to buy out game studios because that seems to be where the money is.
This is fucking sad, and it will eventually stop... but in the mean time, people will suffer.
I just hope these talented folks will find a safe harbor in other real game studios.
Again that's what you get when big IT corporations are trying to buy out game studios because that seems to be where the money is.
This is fucking sad, and it will eventually stop... but in the mean time, people will suffer.
I just hope these talented folks will find a safe harbor in other real game studios.
Anyway, see you in 3 months for a new article on Games Industry.biz about the new studio made by ex Ready at Dawn founders o/
Sony might as well live stream a bon fire and throw money into it over paying for another The Order game.
Uh I'm pretty sure Sony are the ones who showed them the door? Same with Sanzaru that Facebook also bought.
I wasn't aware Sony had offered to buy them, any source on that?
Crying shame for the studio but was inevitable given how niche (in terms of reach) their titles have become.
Sony should swoop in, pick them up on the cheap and set them up as the new Bluepoint where they can remaster some of their back catalogue whilst they're still a smaller operation.
Sony should swoop in, pick them up on the cheap and set them up as the new Bluepoint where they can remaster some of their back catalogue whilst they're still a smaller operation.
There's not a "no thanks" large enough
Scoop talents yes
Another The Order
Hell no
I mean... I know I sound like a broken record, but what was the fucking point of that acquisition.
RaD did not have substantial IP, no specific technology or brand-specific ideas/executions. They were only super talented people delivering great games.
You acquire that company and half of the talents are gone, (very likely the best ones are out first because that is always what happens)... you just acquired nothing.
It's just beyond me.
RaD did not have substantial IP, no specific technology or brand-specific ideas/executions. They were only super talented people delivering great games.
You acquire that company and half of the talents are gone, (very likely the best ones are out first because that is always what happens)... you just acquired nothing.
It's just beyond me.
Sony could have bought them. Presumably the powers that be chose a bigger payday and a chance to strike it big in the VR space.
Holy shit, I didn't realise Meta had acquired Ready at Dawn. That's a big cut man, I hope they land on their feet.
I have no clue, I wasn't saying anything about acquisition, what I meant is that they worked tightly with Sony making games for them, had a good relation, and they would have been bought eventually for sure.
Instead, they decided to go with VR, the Oculus acquisition didn't came until a couple of years ago.
(to be fair, their Lone Echo games are incredible)