Rockstar Vienna Closes Its Doors

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday May 12, 2006 @11:48AM from the tough-year dept.

slashflood writes "Rockstar has unexpectedly closed its Rockstar Vienna development office, particularly known for its Grand Theft Auto Xbox conversion, laying off more than 100 employees. Confirmation has come in the form of a weblog post by Rockstar Vienna employee Jurie Horneman: 'This morning, as I came into work, I was greeted by security guards. It turned out Take-Two has closed their Rockstar Vienna office, effective immediately, 'due to the challenging environment facing the video game business and our Company during this platform transition'.'"

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Er... by irn_bru · 2006-05-12 11:51 · Score: 0, Redundant

That's pretty bad. Don't know what else to say, other than "Goodnight..."
Re:It's easy by Kerr · 2006-05-12 12:48 · Score: 0, Redundant

they opened a studio in China. Lower pay, Longer hours. No messy gov't regulations when you want to fire employees, no paying for anyone's safety net.
Do I hear an echo in here?

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