thecyke Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 Argh ! The alleged curse of X-Com strikes again. The Hunt Valley team who were once (many moons ago) to have brought us X-Com Alliance (and who did bring us X-Com Enforcer) have been laid off, after completing Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes. Here's a news link. "Atari's VP of corporate communications, confirmed that the offices had been shut down today and that the entire staff of 35 had been let go. According to Bushkin, Hunt Valley, which was being managed by Atari for Infogrames, simply ran out of work - the studio most recently finished up work on D&D Heroes. With no additional work in the near future, Atari decided that it was the right thing to close the studios' doors." Let's hope the gang find new jobs quickly and find a more stable company than Microprose/ InfoGranny/ Atari/ whateveritisthisweek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecyke Posted November 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 Two points worth making; 1. Sacked before christmas? Thats the shits. 2. Enforcer was a decent game. You try working on Alliance for a year then being told its on hold and you have 6 months to build a new game from scratch on an engine you`ve never seen before. The guys did what they could in the constraints they were given, believe me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daishiva Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 D&D:Heroes was an alright game, me and a friend played it though in one sitting because there was just enough for 'one last level' over and over. Too bad for the team though =( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 no more projects? What about Alliance!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 Whoa, deja vu. Sounds exactly like what happened to the X-Com: Genesis team. Will this vicious cycle never end? - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 It sucks - as usual. https://www.angelfire.com/games3/jeffy90/images/smilies/angry.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strong Bob Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 This is the last straw. As rightious as I try to be, Atari/Infogrames will no longer recieve any revenue from the Bob. I don't care how deserving their games become. They've pissed me off now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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