First EA, now Activision

[_skitzo_]

Not long after Electronic Arts announced plans to lay off a number of workers worldwide, Activision has confirmed to Wall Street Journal that 7% of its global workforce is being phased out. "We are doing a strategic, targeted reduction to better align our headcount against strategic targets," said an Activision spokesman. Chances are the company's simply trying to prepare itself for the lengthy transition to next-generation as the new consoles start building themselves a proper userbase.

The layoffs reportedly started last week in both the US and Europe, and Activision is still working out the final steps. With about 2,000 employees, the 7% cut would mean roughly 150 people are on their way out from the Tony Hawk publisher.

Good luck to the 150 workers soon to be cleaning out their desks.


Source : http://1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3148002

[Johnny Vodka]

but, but...they just got the license for the live action transformer movie...

[ccovell]

Wow, that spokesman is an expert. He managed to work in the "strategic", "target" corporatespeak not once, but twice!

[StarWolf]

Does this seem odd to anyone else?

Ok, so game development for this generation is gonna require more manpower to programme the games and do all the 3D modelling. So, either EA and Activision have some uber powerful middleware that replaces humans, or they've taught Oompa-Loompas how to code in C++

[Perkunas]

Does this seem odd to anyone else?

Ok, so game development for this generation is gonna require more manpower to programme the games and do all the 3D modelling. So, either EA and Activision have some uber powerful middleware that replaces humans, or they've taught Oompa-Loompas how to code in C++

Or...

Outsourcing to India and China.

;p

[subbie]

Does this seem odd to anyone else?

Ok, so game development for this generation is gonna require more manpower to programme the games and do all the 3D modelling. So, either EA and Activision have some uber powerful middleware that replaces humans, or they've taught Oompa-Loompas how to code in C++

Or they are firing all the old programmers who can't pull their own weight to make room for more college grads.

--edit--
On another note. **** EA, they just rejected my application for a job. :|