THQ大规模裁员 战锤40K网游计划取消
THQ will lay off 118 employees from Relic Entertainment and Vigil Games, as it transforms its troubled MMO project Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium into a single-player and online multiplayer game.After suffering a financially weak third quarter amidst other difficulties, the publisher said that it was seeking a partner to help mitigate costs and bring the large-scale project to market last month. THQ hasn't said if it's found a partner yet, but it's decided to change its plan for the formerly massively multiplayer online game in the meantime.
"Based on changing market dynamics and the additional investment required to complete the game as an MMO, we believe the right direction for us is to shift the title from an MMO to a premium experience with single and multiplayer gameplay, robust digital content and community features," says THQ president and CEO Brian Farrell.
In March of last year, the company projected Dark Millennium's development budget at $50 million, which it said was comparable to the high end of a core game. It hoped to capitalize on the subscription nature of MMOs by continuing to generate revenue from the game five to eight years after its launch.
As a result of scaling back the MMO to a single-player and multiplayer experience, THQ will reduce its headcount at the two internal studios working on the project, laying off 79 full-time employees at Austin-based Vigil Games (Darksiders series), and 39 workers at Vancouver's Relic Entertainment (Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War and Space Marine series).
The news comes not long after THQ announced a plan to cut 240 jobs of its sales, general, and administrative personnel worldwide -- in addition to the 30 it laid off from its Play THQ division (uDraw) last December. It also reportedly laid off 14 from THQ Australia in January, and closed its Japanese branch.
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黑暗千年不再是网游，而变为一款可以联机玩的单机游戏 再也没有什么能挑战WOW/TITAN了 darksider2，黑暗千年，COH2，DOW3
这4个能出俩我就满足了
THQ现在这熊样还真不清楚他们还能出多少游戏 赶紧把水雷卖了吧，给AB或者EA都成。 引用第3楼stonego于2012-03-30 08:05发表的:
赶紧把水雷卖了吧，给AB或者EA都成。 images/back.gif
给EA还说得过去，水雷这个招牌肯定完蛋，人八成会被扔到EALA，DOW系列也会就此完蛋（因为卖走后水雷新东家还得掏钱重新向GW买40K使用权），但说到底他们还能做游戏（虽然有可能会被EA爸爸催交货）
给AB？想啥呢，给了AB之后就再没有啥“游戏”了，给了AB的结果就是工作室招牌完蛋，游戏品牌被雪藏，万年不见天日。
冲突世界的悲剧一次就够了。 冲突世界的悲剧一次就够了+1 mmo肯定更赚钱啊……果然还是没钱了 这是第几次了？
顺便WW遗老做的那个在线RTS半死不活中... 很多年以前我写过什么bioware最有希望成为下一个暴雪
数月之后传来bioware被EA收购的消息
去年我写了一篇什么水雷是最有希望成为下一个暴雪的新生代游戏作坊
然后…… 很多年以前我写过什么bioware最有希望成为下一个暴雪
数月之后传来bioware被EA收购的消息
去年我写了一篇什么水雷是最有希望成为下一个暴雪的新生代游戏作坊
然后…… 引用第9楼克瑞普提克于2012-03-30 11:33发表的:
很多年以前我写过什么bioware最有希望成为下一个暴雪
数月之后传来bioware被EA收购的消息
去年我写了一篇什么水雷是最有希望成为下一个暴雪的新生代游戏作坊
然后…… images/back.gif
大大快写《暴雪最有希望成为下一个暴雪》吧～ 这下可以专心烧“单机”了
调那么多开发组开发一个4年网游
来得及么 f 家园3看来是看不到了 引用第11楼luoshuigui于2012-03-30 12:20发表的:
darksiders2和南方公园出来后THQ请赶紧去死 images/back.gif
请必须加上个家园3 暴雪已经被收购了
暴雪率先的成为第一个暴雪，这就是后果 引用第14楼belatedeffort于2012-03-30 13:05发表的:
请必须加上个家园3 images/back.gif
说起来HW版权似乎还在VIVENDI手里？
嘛，没HW3打打那啥妖都MOD也不错 上次不是有个文批thq年薪80万的ceo是猪么 引用第11楼luoshuigui于2012-03-30 12:20发表的:
darksiders2和南方公园出来后THQ请赶紧去死 images/back.gif
据我所知南方公园已经取消了 引用第14楼belatedeffort于2012-03-30 13:05发表的:
请必须加上个家园3 images/back.gif
原文里说了水雷将专注于COH和DOW续作
压根没提家园 引用第16楼stonego于2012-03-30 13:29发表的:
说起来HW版权似乎还在VIVENDI手里？
嘛，没HW3打打那啥妖都MOD也不错 images/back.gif
家园版权早就被THQ买回去了 引用第15楼云腾于2012-03-30 13:09发表的:
暴雪已经被收购了
暴雪率先的成为第一个暴雪，这就是后果 images/back.gif
暴雪哪里是被收购
那是强势插进动视身体里而且还把动视亲儿子WIC给打掉了
见过这样强势的被收购方吗
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