BF2S Forums Flagship Studios' Closure Confirmed, All Staff Fired, All I.P. Lost

Balbi went on to reveal that three of the studio's top brass dug into their own pockets to provide 30 days of pay to all employees.

Wow. Shame they lost their jobs, but that's a rare thing to see from any company providing that sort of support. Thanks to the guys who gave up their salaries to pay the unfortunate employees.

Last edited by TheAussieReaper (2008-07-13 09:04:55)

makers of hellshit london.

usmarine2 wrote:

Vilham wrote:

makers of hellshit london.

wat

Hellgate London.  Google is your friend.

usmarine2 wrote:

m3thod wrote:

usmarine2 wrote:

wat

Hellgate London.  Google is your friend.

oh...let me google hellshit.

He called it Hellshit because when the game was initially released it was total wank, apparently they were way too ambitious.  They managed to turn it around eventually but the damage had been done, and down the kazi they go.

yeah a very few, they bet on the wrong horse.

Hellgate Londo should be F2P(Free to play)

Vilham wrote:

makers of hellshit london.

LAWEL

[TUF]Catbox wrote:

there are a lot of jobs for qualified game devs... if they have skills they will get a job at another company... The game making industry is pretty hardcore... lot's of hours and not a lot of money... and a very fickle audience...lol

ha, not too sure about not a lot of money... yes not a lot of money when you first begin about £16k first year for junior developer, going up to around £32k by the second year and sometimes by half a year. People doing project leads get paid a LOT of money. The games industry at least in the UK is the most lucrative entertainment industry, more than music and film put together.

However you are right, those guys with titles under their belt will find new jobs pretty easily. Gotta feel bad for the juniors who joined only to have their first game be a bit of a fail.

Wow, Im amazed that was faked, it was all over the big games development sites. Again apparently not fake.

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_i … tory=19386

The link to the statement is from June, this recent news is from July.

It does seem that everyone is still in employment but they had to sell the IP to keep themselves in business.

Last edited by Vilham (2008-07-14 06:51:10)