Flouride Posted February 11, 2017 Posted February 11, 2017 (edited) Apparently the Russian overlords have taken over Armored Warfare completely and the team at Obsidian won't be working on it anymore. With 50-100 people working on the project this means they might be forced to an another round of layoffs if there isn't an another project to ship all these people.This sucks. I actually enjoyed Armored Warfare, don't think i want to play it now... Oh and the news is on the front page if someone is looking for a source. No comment from Feargus about layoffs yet. But then again no media has picked up on story so far (at least I didn't find any) Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ArmoredWarfare/comments/5tfhda/gentlemen_its_been_a_pleasure/So apparently there are layoffs... Edited February 11, 2017 by Flouride 2 Hate the living, love the dead.
Leferd Posted February 11, 2017 Posted February 11, 2017 That sucks. Looks like the Deadfire campaign now seems to matter so much more. "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle
Flouride Posted February 11, 2017 Author Posted February 11, 2017 That sucks. Looks like the Deadfire campaign now seems to matter so much more. Yep, it's a shame they can't Kickstart an another project immediately. I would gladly back that as well. 1 Hate the living, love the dead.
IndiraLightfoot Posted February 11, 2017 Posted February 11, 2017 This is really sad news. I hope the guys on the AW team get to use their fantastic talents elsewhere, and that the number of layoffs will be kept to a minimum. *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" ***
Ganrich Posted February 11, 2017 Posted February 11, 2017 I wonder if the Cain/Boyarsky project is ready for more people on the team? Haven't they been working on that for almost a year? Or is my memory being generous?
Flouride Posted February 11, 2017 Author Posted February 11, 2017 I wonder if the Cain/Boyarsky project is ready for more people on the team? Haven't they been working on that for almost a year? Or is my memory being generous? Boyarsky joined around 13th of April last year. So almost a year. Though that project all ready took in people from Tyranny team and possibly some artists/programmers from Armored Warfare team earlier this year. 1 Hate the living, love the dead.
HoonDing Posted February 11, 2017 Posted February 11, 2017 "My.Com" I'm pretty sure that's a malware. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
Flouride Posted February 11, 2017 Author Posted February 11, 2017 https://www.reddit.com/r/ArmoredWarfare/comments/5thjdv/armored_warfare_what_went_wrong/ Found that on Reddit. 2 Hate the living, love the dead.
Flouride Posted February 11, 2017 Author Posted February 11, 2017 "Most OEI members simply got reshuffled, thankfully, so there weren't many layoffs." Hopefully that is true. 1 Hate the living, love the dead.
GhostofAnakin Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 That sucks for Obsidian. It was the one Obsidian game I had no interest in, but it sounded like a constant source of funds to allow them to keep doing other games that I was interested in. "Console exclusive is such a harsh word." - Darque"Console exclusive is two words Darque." - Nartwak (in response to Darque's observation)
Deadly_Nightshade Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 Wasn't this announced awhile ago? I might be wrong but I seem to recall reading that Obsidian was going to be phased out in the semi-near future about six-months-to-a-year-ago. "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot
Flouride Posted February 12, 2017 Author Posted February 12, 2017 Wasn't this announced awhile ago? I might be wrong but I seem to recall reading that Obsidian was going to be phased out in the semi-near future about six-months-to-a-year-ago. Nope, that phasing out was about part of the arts team Vehicles and such were phased out to Russia early this year. Hate the living, love the dead.
kanisatha Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 Seems like the perfect opportunity to bring together Paizo and Paradox (or some other big-name publisher) and create a Pathfinder cRPG!
injurai Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 It certainly sounds like the layoffs have begun to rollout... Really pulling for Obsidian. I'd hate for them to downsize to the point where they can no longer work on sizable games anymore.
kirottu Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 My main problem with it was that it didn't really feel like an Obsidian game. No storyline, and you couldn't really customize your tank equipment or crew skills any more than in World of Tanks. This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time.
Flouride Posted February 13, 2017 Author Posted February 13, 2017 My main problem with it was that it didn't really feel like an Obsidian game. No storyline, and you couldn't really customize your tank equipment or crew skills any more than in World of Tanks. Storyline was actually on it's way. Hate the living, love the dead.
orca49 Posted February 21, 2017 Posted February 21, 2017 I hope obsidian can bring its own game like armored warfare to the gamers' someday soon and not have to deal with what they just went through. At least find a partner that sees eye to eye with them on development. Obsidian did a hell of a job with it and i was loving what that vision was. Best of luck to you guys.
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