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    An EA-owned development studio that was responsible for games like Dark Age of Camelot and Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. The company was shut down by owner EA in May 2014.

    EA Cuts Continue, Mythic Hit A Second Time

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    Edited By jeff
    Mythic Entertainment
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    In the wake of yesterday's earnings call, during which EA stated it would be laying off more people than it had previously anticipated, word is out today that more positions have been eliminated from Mythic Entertainment, the house responsible for Warhammer Online.

    Mythic's Mark Jacobs has posted a message to players that doesn't get into specifics, but is designed to keep the Warhammer player base calm and reassure them that the game is still doing fine, and that today's cuts are also part of moving the game from the heavy pre-launch phase to a post-launch state. Here's the conclusion of that message:
    Although we now have fewer developers on the game than we did leading up to the launch, WAR still has a larger dev team today than we ever had for Dark Age of Camelot. At Mythic, we’re committed to maintaining the trust of WAR players – we’re going to deliver the content and service that keeps you playing.
    Massively is reporting that somewhere between 60 and 130 positions have been cut, and that these cuts impact the design and development departments.
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    #1  Edited By jeff
    Mythic Entertainment
    Mythic Entertainment
    In the wake of yesterday's earnings call, during which EA stated it would be laying off more people than it had previously anticipated, word is out today that more positions have been eliminated from Mythic Entertainment, the house responsible for Warhammer Online.

    Mythic's Mark Jacobs has posted a message to players that doesn't get into specifics, but is designed to keep the Warhammer player base calm and reassure them that the game is still doing fine, and that today's cuts are also part of moving the game from the heavy pre-launch phase to a post-launch state. Here's the conclusion of that message:
    Although we now have fewer developers on the game than we did leading up to the launch, WAR still has a larger dev team today than we ever had for Dark Age of Camelot. At Mythic, we’re committed to maintaining the trust of WAR players – we’re going to deliver the content and service that keeps you playing.
    Massively is reporting that somewhere between 60 and 130 positions have been cut, and that these cuts impact the design and development departments.
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    #2  Edited By OmegaPirate

    Thats a lot of cuts!!!

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    #3  Edited By AndrewB

    *shakes head* being the age where I should be looking forward to *joining* any of these teams, it doesn't bode well for my chances, and it certainly doesn't bode well for the income-less families out there now.

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    #4  Edited By Hamz

    Isn't Carrie Gouskos working on Warhammer Online?.....hope she isn't one of the unlucky folks on the chopping block.

    Seems a lot of places are cutting staff or closing down due to the credit crunch. Sad days. All the best to the folks who've lost a job :(

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    #5  Edited By stillmotion

    What I would give to have a name like Mark Jacobs.

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    #6  Edited By dtran1212

    well, hopefully this will force EA to think about qaulity over quantity

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    #7  Edited By Scooper

    I hope Carrie's ok.

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    #8  Edited By Death_Burnout

    Yeah it's a big shame, but then again, understandable.

    I also, hope that Carrie hasn't been chopped.

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    #9  Edited By otzlowe

    Even though I got tired of the game really quick, it's not terrific news to hear. I really got a good vibe from the folks at Mythic during the development phase of Warhammer, and it sucks to think that they put that kind of work into a game and then got canned. =/

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    #10  Edited By MatthewMeadows

    Did Carrie get fired? :(

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    #11  Edited By Lukeweizer

    Carrie still kickin'?

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    #12  Edited By JoelTGM

    Everytime cuts are made everyone acts surprised.  Why keep people around after they've finished their job?  They can hire those people back later if they need to.

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    #13  Edited By Kohe321

    Things are not going very well for WAR I feel... Heres hoping Carrie isn't affected.

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    #14  Edited By Diamond

    Go against WoW on PC?  This is what happens to you.  Advice to all MMO publishers : Either make MMOs for consoles or don't make them at all. (until WoW is no longer significant)

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    #15  Edited By Slunks

    Oh man, I feel really bad for them. They developed a fantastic game. Best luck to those who've been cut - Hopefully they'll find jobs soon.

    Any word on Carrie?

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    #16  Edited By StarwindX9

    This was the first good MMO since Everquest. They also just released a bunch of content and a live event starts this month. I am more than happy to give my money to Mythic since I know it isn't going to the pocket's of Blizzard.

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    #17  Edited By InFamous91

    WOW

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    #18  Edited By StaticFalconar

    Carrie? No!!!!!!!!

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    #19  Edited By LordAndrew

    Nothing in her blog or Twitter feed. Hopefully that means she's fine.

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    #20  Edited By Elazul

    Yeah, I sure hope Carrie's okay. Although I'm sure she'd be welcome here if she did get fired.

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    #21  Edited By MrKlorox
    InFamous91 said:
    "WOW"
    I think you mean WAR...
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    #22  Edited By brukaoru

    Great, I guess they'll cut even more names from the credits now because "those people weren't with the project at the time of release." Ugh...

    Hope these people can find jobs elsewhere soon.

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    #23  Edited By steelharrison

    If Carrie gets cut i hope she could come here

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    #24  Edited By Sephiroth9997

    I hope Carrie's doing ok ='(

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    #25  Edited By Seraphim

    I hope they address the Carrie situation on next week's podcast; there's obviously a lot of community concern.

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    #26  Edited By MagicKiwi

    What a bummer, I was actually just thinking of trying out WAR. Maybe I should wait now?

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    #27  Edited By CallMeRotten

    Really sucks how many people are taking a hit this year. Best of luck to those folks and Carrie if she was included in those.

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    #28  Edited By LordAndrew

    Carrie posted a comment on Twitter:

    For my homies. http://twitpic.com/1c035 Thanks for the well wishes. I'm fine. But this day isn't about me it's about my friends. Good luck.
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    not surprised there were going to be cuts.  actually surprised EA spared the studio.  one of my predictions for 09 was ea mythic was going to get axed.  i mean how would EA support 2 mmos and with all the buzz surrounding bioware's TOR.

    being someone that's unemployed and lived the life of a nomad, hopefully the recent laid off will be ok.  it may be a little rough now but in the end they've got skillz and companies always want people that got skillz. 

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