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Star Trek - Elite Force II Goes Gold, Team Laid Off

Posted by simoniker on from the good-news-bad-news dept.

Warrior-GS writes "GameSpy has confirmed that developer Ritual was forced to lay off most of the team that created the PC FPS Star Trek: Elite Force II, only two days after the game went gold. Apparently, a couple of other projects fell through. Ritual's other in-development games, Counter-Strike for Xbox and Counter-Strike: Condition Zero for PC are unaffected." Fansite Ritualistic has plenty of extra information on Elite Force II, which is looking promising despite this unexpected news.

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  1. You will join the collective… by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    â¦of the unemployed. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. At least until the fall when things could possibly pick up again.

    1. Re:You will join the collective… by meatFreedom · · Score: 2, Funny

      This fucking industry is cutthroat. Don't look now, that's your job running away on two legs.

  2. So... by Enrico+Pulatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

    don't expect a patch any time soon.

  3. Re:Wow, that'll really encourage developers by DiscoOnTheSide · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thats IT!!! THATS why Duke Nukem Forever hasnt come out yet! Those sneaky developers. Always one step ahead of the man. Take THAT corperate dress code!!! ....orrrrr I'm just bitter about my current coding job...

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  4. Surefire way to keep your job... by angryflute · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hmmm, maybe this could explain why Duke Nukem Forever has been taking so long to go gold -- the developers want to remain gainfully employed.