Harmonix Confirms Layoffs Due to 'Current Product Development Plans'

by Steve Watts, Feb 07, 2011 2:15pm PST

Related Topics – Rock Band 3, Dance Central, Harmonix

An undisclosed number of full-time Harmonix employees were laid off today, Joystiq reports. The downsizing was to bring the company "into alignment with our current product development plans." Reportedly 12-15% of the 240-person staff has been affected by the layoffs.

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Sources say this won't impact future projects or current downloadable content plans for Rock Band 3 and Dance Central. Currently, we know Harmonix is working on an unnamed 3DS game, but its other future plans are unknown.

Harmonix went independent a few moths ago, after financial losses led Viacom to sell it. A lawsuit for lost wages is still pending.

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By: Walterbennet x Show Full Post

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Not that surprising. Harmonix probably scaled up employment over the years to meet demands of the development cycles mandated by their former owners. Now, as their own boss, they can set their own deadlines and make their own decisions on how to run shop.

Looking forward to seeing what direction they'll move in the future.

Feb 07, 2011 2:48pm PST

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  I would be 95% happy if all that HMX does for the next 2 years is pump out DLC, and fix new issues in the... : Masem
  - I'd love if their games increasingly moved towards learning how to play real instruments and what not, wh... : singlespace
  - what are the odds of them fixing the dropped player message that conveniently covers your entire chart wh... : panbient

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I know I'm in the minority here, but I'm kinda tired of straightforward play-the-insturment games. I'd like to see them go back to their roots and do a sequel to Frequency/Amplitude.

Feb 08, 2011 12:05am PST

I know I'm in the minority here, but I'm kinda tired of straightforward play-the-insturment games. I'd li... : MOOMANiBE

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They need to put more people to work tracking pro guitar! So far they've not done a very good job with DLC upgrades, opting to do the easier songs because they're less time consuming... "Modern Love" by David Bowie gets a pro upgrade while "Band on the Run" by Wings doesn't? WTF Harmonix?

Feb 07, 2011 3:55pm PST

They need to put more people to work tracking pro guitar! So far they've not done a very good job with DL... : jacobvandy

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Hopefully the Brosius' still have their jobs. I believe they ended up at Harmonix at some point after Looking Glass Studios iirc.

Feb 07, 2011 2:46pm PST

Hopefully the Brosius' still have their jobs. I believe they ended up at Harmonix at some point after Lo... : Tech T

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