C&C4 Layoff Rumor [Nov 10, 2009, 9:03 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Kotaku follows up on yesterday's announcement of layoffs at EA saying they've heard from "sources" that the team working on Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight was warned today that they will be laid off when the RTS sequel ships sometime next year. They also add a few other teams to the list of employees in danger of job loss, saying their source tells them the Spore team and Pandemic Studios LA (Mercenaries and The Saboteur) are also part of the massive cuts.
Game creation staff are nothing but contractors with an employee status. I am not sure why people are still angry or surprised when they hear staff will be laid off at the end of a game project. The problem is the words 'laid off' are too strong of a term, but have to be used because they are 'employees'. Sure, it would be good to keep a few around for bug fixes and patches, but again, they are hired in a contractor mind-set and those getting into the game industry better understand that.
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