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Warhammer Team Hit By Layoffs

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-what-every-mmo-needs,-fewer-devs dept.

Zonk notes that Mythic Entertainment, developer of Warhammer Online, is being hit by another round of layoffs. The report estimates that between 60 and 130 staff were let go as part of Electronic Arts' reduction of its workforce. This comes alongside news that the number of Warhammer subscribers has settled to around 300,000. Mythic's Mark Jacobs was quick to affirm that while they were "resizing the team," their plans and schedule are unchanged, citing lower demands on QA now that the launch period has passed. Hopefully this means that their upcoming "live expansion," A Call to Arms, will not be affected by the layoffs.

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  1. I'm not the prior poster, & I'll this to yo'fa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    WarHammer does in-fact SUCK.
    Have you ever been in their stores? They fuckin' ripped all their IP from Blizzard Entertainment. I don't know why they have not yet sued teh makers of WarHammer, and yet they continue to go after non-cash cows like the fine peeps of Player Vs. Player Gaming Network (private b.net compliant server). What is up with those people? And all of WarHammer's art and writing style is like Metzen but more Catholic. Oh wize imperical lord most high on the ziggurat mount of Saint Dead"bodyrot, we beseeech yous division of worldly temptation to smite thine servant for thinkin'eth of changing the Battle.Net gateway to a foreign closed Diablo2 Battle.NET server network called "192.168.1.88."
    thy be punnished in the pit of Slashdot.
     
      *conjur* zeeeyoooo*shpackttizzzzzzztlleerfwishhkk!

    Aieeeeeee!