Radical Entertainment shut down

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  From my friend who works there: They are stuck in a room and can't leave until they meet with HR after w... : nakor_
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    ~VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY~ : ETPC1
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      Yeah, that's not an industry specific practice. : Fred Garvin
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        It's a common thing for companies in the game industry to do. This isn't the first time that it's happene... : NinjaGamerGirl
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          Just saying that doing that sort of thing for mass layoffs isn't only done in games. : Fred Garvin
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            It's not the layoffs, but simply locking them in a room or locking them outside of the building while doi... : NinjaGamerGirl
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              That happens in a lot of companies. It's standard practice in the US for technology companies. Mine j... : LoioshDwaggie
              • People are probably just more aware of it with video games because a) they hear about developers b) devel... : briktal
            • No this isn't shady at all even in other industries so employees don't walk out with sensitive informatio... : Sailor of Fortune
            • Yes, maybe shady but it does happen in almost all industries I think. : Gwyndion
        • Just like eating, so many gaming companies eat food. What weird people. : TheNiXXeD
    • More like ~any big company~ : OverloadUT
  • That's better than what Sigil did to their employees. Asking all of them to meet outside, locked them out... : NinjaGamerGirl
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    How can you treat your employers like that :/ : Smoochy666
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      employees? : mobab
      • That's the one : Smoochy666
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    What will they do if the employee just grabs his shit and leaves? Fire him? : Herman Toothrot
    • Nothing unless he grabs something that isn't his. : Sailor of Fortune
    • No consequences, as far as I can tell, especially if you're a temp. A few years ago, I got up and walked ... : OzzieMejia
  • You can leave if you get up and walk out, however, they may decide to not give you a severance package th... : Lucy Labia
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    Sometimes the differences between scandinavian and american business practices are enormous. No employer ... : utgaardsloke
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      Yeah. I often cringe when I read about work places and policies on the Shack. A large part of the stuff t... : ramshot
      • I had one boss that gave me trouble once, but that stopped quickly after I contacted the ombudsman and my... : utgaardsloke
• not surprising but sad. They had two titles canceled over the past two years, including a Crash Bandicoo... : deathofrats
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  Sad to see a studio close. Prototype 2's release was weird, though. It felt as if there was minimal mar... : DrWaffles
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    there was quite a bit of tv marketing for it which makes the financial situation worse. word of mouth see... : Shai-Tan
    • It looked like a re-skin of the first game. I played the crap out of the first, had totally no interested... : bryanvlo
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  I'll always remember them for Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction. : OzzieMejia
  • Such a great game. : Bull
• I was at a deaf/hoh conference 15 years ago and one of the Radical guys happened to be hard of hearing as... : GrimmyD
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  Damn. Not a lot of game Studios left in Vancouver... : rick
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    No kidding. Used to be tons here, now they are dropping like flies. : Sgt_Boomstick
    • This is a list from 2 years ago. http://www.techvibes.com/blog/10-biggest-video-game-developers-in-vancou... : SeaLlama
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      http://www.techvibes.com/blog/10-biggest-video-game-developers-in-vancouver-in-2010 that was a list from ... : SeaLlama
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        :( Not that I'm in the industry, but it sucks to see it shrink. I've always wanted to try working for ... : rick
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          tools teams are still tied to product releases : synapse19
          • Yeah, they're tied to all product releases, not just one. : timmie
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            Some of them not nearly as much. : rick
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              most definitely are! the tools are required to create the product and have their own schedules which are ... : synapse19
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                Oh, so you know all teams and all positions in the industry? *rolls eyes* Perhaps I wasn't communicate... : rick
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                  the ver first word i said was "most" : synapse19
                  • ...and yes i know a fair amount : synapse19
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                    I thought 'most' was a modifier for 'definitely', not a qualifier for how many :( : rick
                    • i could almost forgive you if you didn't pull out the rolleyes me HOWCOULDYOU : synapse19
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          There are actually quite a few devs doing well. And almost every company expands and contracts with prod... : SeaLlama
          • Companies might be doing well, but have you tried getting a job in that city lately? No one is offering f... : Sephiras
    • Free money in Montreal and Toronto are succeeding at Vancouver's expensive =\ : lord cecil
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  sucks for those workers, they were good devs. But if they had one last shot , I wish they had taken a risk to make a new game instead of prototype 2 which, as someone who liked prototype1, felt unnecessary.

  Jun 28, 2012 12:55pm PDT
  sucks for those workers, they were good devs. But if they had one last shot , I wish they had taken a ri... : threeup
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  With the economy still sluggish I have to pace my game buying. Sucks Activision can't seem to grasp that ... : Zerbyte
  • They are accountable to their share holders which want to see record profits each quarter. In that kind ... : Lucy Labia
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  SHIT! :( I hate this sort of news feels like a part of me just died each time a studio I like and have pl... : valcan_s
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    Just pre ordered P2 for the PC and it still works on Steam so looks like the game will still be coming ou... : valcan_s
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      I was about to do the same thing but just be careful about the support post release if the studio has bee... : p34nk
      • Yeah this is true, well thing is a really like P1 and I have been really looking forward to 2 so as long ... : valcan_s
• THE BOBS "have made a difficult conclusion through the consultation process that the only remaining optio... : multisync
• Companies like this closing are a sign of the dying times.... games cost so much more to develop now but ... : Dark Drakonis
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  so no PC port of Prototype 2 then? : waxthirteen
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    http://store.steampowered.com/app/115320/ just pre ordered it worked fine. I am sure they are done it by ... : valcan_s
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      unless it ships with bugs and theres no one around to fix them : ashkie
      • The first shipped with bugs that were never patched as well. : scud
• that's... RADICAL : jim bone
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  Thanks Steve Jobs! : quazar
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    eeeeh... WAT? : fw_rams
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      Steve jobs wrote in his final will that he demanded Radical Entertainment to be shut down. Apparently the... : Creepin_Jeezus
      • Did you see what the dog was wearing though? Totally was asking for it. : Herman Toothrot
• Expected, soon as Activision set such lofty targets for the sequel I knew it was coming. No way the seque... : nutcrackr
• Long time coming, it was suprising Prototype 2 even was made. They cut most of the studio years and ago a... : Sephiras
• i read this as relic and my heart skipped a beat : Unleashed
• Seems like the moral of these are: Don't sell your company to the man if you want to survive. Maybe I'm... : Donborvio
• I don't see this as an entirely bad thing. Creatively, Activision seems like a poisoned company. They are... : baron calamity
• Too bad, I really like that series. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• They would have survived i think if they retained the incredible hulk name and would have sold more units... : spammehardo