Rockstar Vancouver closing, absorbed by Rockstar Toronto

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• bummer : jonin
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  Toronto isn't exactly close to Vancouver, culturally or geographically. That's not much better than a pin... : qsylvr
  • yeah, terrible. It's like going from California to Jersey. : sreyes22
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  That's hours of flying time away (I live in CT and fly to visit my sis in Vancouver every year. It's abou... : eorlas
  • In this economy, I find it hard to see any of them not going through with the move though, at least r* is... : soundcreepy
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  That really sucks. It seems like a few studios in Vancouver have closed. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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    Higher cost of doing business, higher cost of living expenses, everything's just more expensive in Vancou... : sreyes22
    • Exactly, Vancover got too expensive and Ontario keeps working to offer competitive tax incentives for dig... : ZenFri
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  And the BC government will continue to do fuck all about all the studios closing and moving out East wher... : synapse19
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    The Liberals (conservatives in reality) have almost bankrupted BC, they have no more money for higher tax... : Cubictoast
    • Yeah. I'm just pissed that so much is drying up and everyone is either getting funnelled into the same pl... : synapse19
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  Which studios are even left in Vancouver? Yeesh. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    EA Canada, Relic, Microsoft GS Vancouver, Capcom (Blue Castle), Slant Six, United Front Games, Hothead...... : ForcedEvolutionaryVirus
    • Slant6 is minutes away from closing, I mean theyve been there before but things are looking good around t... : et72
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  Wow they really are all jumping ship. Shitty. : rick
  • Film too : synapse19
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    Did a tax break end or something? : MOOMANiBE
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      Quebec and Ontario have been making a big push to draw studios and projects so they offer better : synapse19
      • And suddenly a crapload of studios close down and move? Jeez. : MOOMANiBE
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      Vancouver never had one for games. It's an incredibly expensive city. Montreal/Toronto are cheaper and ha... : lord cecil
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        No we've always had one but it was complicated and basically around 17%, then Ontario and Quebec woke up ... : et72
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          No, the BC tax credit is relatively new. The one in Quebec was one of the first digital media tax credit ... : Fred Garvin
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            Im talking about SHRED and those types of grants, which require extensive documentation, is there a new o... : et72
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              SR&ED is federal and they're really clamping down on it the past couple of years. It's no longer the free... : Sinned
              • Yeah, and there are good reasons to, but they are going overboard. People used to apply for SR&ED and str... : Fred Garvin
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        Actually they have for a couple years. It's the BC Digital Media Tax Credit: http://www.sbr.gov.bc.ca/... : Fred Garvin
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          Oh ok so my 17% figure was close... still, in this age a 20% differential will make an corporation move w... : et72
          • Yeah, there has to be a combination of reasons because moving operations isn't cheap. : Fred Garvin
• Yeah, just heard from some friends. Vancouver is becoming a development wasteland. : Fred Garvin
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  By: Sephiras x Show Full Post

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  Just a reminder to everyone that Rockstar Vancouver was originally Barking Dog, who worked on a bunch of CS during the days.
  
  I still love the Pop Dog soda logo in those old maps.
  
  Of course no one from Barking Dog(well probably no one) is still there, but that's the lineage of the studio.

  Jul 10, 2012 8:48am PDT
  Just a reminder to everyone that Rockstar Vancouver was originally Barking Dog, who worked on a bunch of ... : Sephiras
• Wow, WTF happened to Vancouver? Went from the Game Dev capital of North America to this Detroit style wa... : Sgt_Boomstick