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    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Obsidian hit with layoffs, South Park team impacted.

    Obsidian Entertainment, developers of Neverwinter Nights 2, Alpha Protocol, Fallout: New Vegas, and the upcoming South Park game, has been hit with layoffs.
    Mar 14, 2012 10:00am PDT
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    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Obsidian hit with layoffs, South Park team impacted.

    Obsidian Entertainment, developers of Neverwinter Nights 2, Alpha Protocol, Fallout: New Vegas, and the upcoming South Park game, has been hit with layoffs. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Wow being laid off on your second day has to be the shittiest thing. Finding a job is so draining. This g... : barichnikovThis person is cool!
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        Worst of all, what kind of severance package do you get when you're only there for a day? Are you even el... : AndrewYoon
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          His severance package was a box of paperclips and an Obsidian coffee mug ... : Keefinator
          • The paper clips are worth more than the mug : Godhatesfatpeople
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            Probably left one hell of an upper decker in the cafeteria restroom. : daneloire
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              what does that even mean? : friedram
              • http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Upper+Decker : Ride-My-RocketThis person is cool!
              • Think about it. : Sailor of Fortune
    • If they cut in the south park team, I'm guessing that they were counting on some of the funding of the ca... : snubble100
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      Unfortunately, being an independent AAA developer means that you're at the mercy of many different megapu... : the archvileThis person is cool!
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        The root issue here is the fact that both of those developers kinda suck. : tw3kr
        • Obsidian don't suck. They have released some really great games GIVEN THE TIME AND FUNDING THEY HAD. T... : Peterborough
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      Damn love their work, even Alpha Protocol (go to hell metacritic one conversation in that game felt more ... : BillPaxtonator
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        The honeycomb quest and dialogue system from Alpha Protocol is absolutely mindblowing, it was probably th... : Memphis-Ahn
        • I didn't mind the combat too much, stat based shooting is not a terrible idea but even so it wasn't spect... : BillPaxtonator
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      Bad news... Fucking Microsoft. : Memphis-Ahn
      • Wow, not only Microsoft but Bethesda too: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/15/obsidian-missed-fallout-new-... : Memphis-Ahn