Hey guys, CrimeCraft is still here and so are we! There have been some changes, but it's nothing that will effect CrimeCraft except to give us a chance to make it better.    

Vogster Entertainment Announces Resource Reallocation
 
NEW YORK, NY, September 17, 2009 – Vogster Entertainment, LLC, an international innovator in video game design, today announced a restructuring to focus its resources toward the enhancement and expansion of content for their recently launched CrimeCraft shooter-MMO hybrid. With two titles completed in the last three months, the company has made significant staffing changes as it transitions from launch team to live team in the ongoing support of CrimeCraft. Vogster’s New York-area headquarters remains fully operational and committed to the development and production of existing and future titles.
 
“Vogster has seen a number of releases this year. As an independent developer, we need to be very strategic in our use of available resources and shift from already launched titles to support the ongoing development and growth of CrimeCraft,” stated Daniel Prousline, vice president of development at Vogster. “We regret the necessary staffing changes and the talented employees that this impacts, but it is an unavoidable step in moving to the operational stage of CrimeCraft and optimizing for the development of yet to be announced titles.”
 
CrimeCraft will see a number of significant content additions in the coming year, in addition to a series of soon to be revealed updates and major announcements which will take place at an upcoming San Francisco press event.

Hey guys, CrimeCraft is still here and so are we! There have been some changes, but it's nothing that will effect CrimeCraft except to give us a chance to make it better.    

Vogster Entertainment Announces Resource Reallocation
 
NEW YORK, NY, September 17, 2009 – Vogster Entertainment, LLC, an international innovator in video game design, today announced a restructuring to focus its resources toward the enhancement and expansion of content for their recently launched CrimeCraft shooter-MMO hybrid. With two titles completed in the last three months, the company has made significant staffing changes as it transitions from launch team to live team in the ongoing support of CrimeCraft. Vogster’s New York-area headquarters remains fully operational and committed to the development and production of existing and future titles.
 
“Vogster has seen a number of releases this year. As an independent developer, we need to be very strategic in our use of available resources and shift from already launched titles to support the ongoing development and growth of CrimeCraft,” stated Daniel Prousline, vice president of development at Vogster. “We regret the necessary staffing changes and the talented employees that this impacts, but it is an unavoidable step in moving to the operational stage of CrimeCraft and optimizing for the development of yet to be announced titles.”
 
CrimeCraft will see a number of significant content additions in the coming year, in addition to a series of soon to be revealed updates and major announcements which will take place at an upcoming San Francisco press event.

Don't put out ass games and you won't close.

Aw dude, did Crimecraft not work out for them? lawl? 
 
EDIT:  Robocalypse,  Robocalypse,  Robocalypse,  Robocalypse,  Robocalypse,  Robocalypse,  Robocalypse,  Robocalypse!

Crimecraft was a flop. Right now their's around 100 people on at a time, and everyone is this still on their free 2 months.
 
I can't wait for the endurance run.

" @DJJoeJoe: Yea, people losing their jobs is really funny. Or did you forget how Giant Bomb got started? "

Make bad games that no one wants to play and this is what happens.

I never heard of said company or their games. 

" @EgoCheck616 said:

" @DJJoeJoe: Yea, people losing their jobs is really funny. Or did you forget how Giant Bomb got started? "

Jeff didn't make terrible games. "

Welp, from the quicklook for CrimeCraft, I'm not surprised. Seems like a pretty quick decision to close, though. Crimecraft only came out, like, 3 weeks ago. Obviously, it didn't meet someone's immediate expectations.

That doesn't matter. The fact that you're laughing about the misfortune of others makes you nothing more than a cynical a**hole.  "

I was wondering how Unbound Saga did.
Notsogood I guess.

" @DJJoeJoe said:

" @EgoCheck616 said:

" @DJJoeJoe: Yea, people losing their jobs is really funny. Or did you forget how Giant Bomb got started? "

Jeff didn't make terrible games. "

That doesn't matter. The fact that you're laughing about the misfortune of others makes you nothing more than a cynical a**hole.  "

" @EgoCheck616 said:

" @DJJoeJoe said:

" @EgoCheck616 said:

" @DJJoeJoe: Yea, people losing their jobs is really funny. Or did you forget how Giant Bomb got started? "

Jeff didn't make terrible games. "

That doesn't matter. The fact that you're laughing about the misfortune of others makes you nothing more than a cynical a**hole.  "

There's a word for that -- it's called "schadenfreude" and it's human nature. I suppose most of us are cynical assholes in that regard. "

" ...I can't wait for the endurance run. "

ITT: Douchebags laugh at others misfortune.

Another one bites the dust......

Taken from the Crimecraft forums;

http://www.crimecraft.com/forums/General/topics/Vogster-Entertainment-shuts-down

 
Hey guys, CrimeCraft is still here and so are we! There have been some changes, but it's nothing that will effect CrimeCraft except to give us a chance to make it better.

--KevinB

I really hope the people that make up Vogster good fortune in future endeavors but lets not Candy coat this: Crimecraft was NOT a good game. It deserved to flop and rightfully so it has, APB will do the concept better anyways.

" @EgoCheck616:  You seem like one of those people who thinks everyone deserves a trophy, even if they fail, are you one of those people? If you fail then you fail, people think failure is funny sometimes, is it funny that people lost their jobs? Maybe not, but the fail they produced to allow them to lose their jobs sure is, same deal when GRIN closed, I laughed at GRIN because they made really stupid choices when making their games(mediocre 4 hour game? Radioactive fog? a game based on an unpopular movie? LOL!), so just because you have a heart of gold doesn't mean everyone else does, so don't come down on folks who don't, it makes you look kinda ...... you know.  All I am trying to say is, if you make stupid decisions on a consistent basis and fail then it's sad with the potential to be funny, it depends on the situation, I can't say that I personally laughed at failure of companies but I can say, while playing Bionic Commando no less, that I was glad GRIN was gone because they were fucking retarded for the radioactive shit, it broke the game, anyway, that's all. "

Crimecraft will continue?
 
Lame!

" @EgoCheck616:  You seem like one of those people who thinks everyone deserves a trophy, even if they fail, are you one of those people? If you fail then you fail, people think failure is funny sometimes, is it funny that people lost their jobs? Maybe not, but the fail they produced to allow them to lose their jobs sure is, same deal when GRIN closed, I laughed at GRIN because they made really stupid choices when making their games(mediocre 4 hour game? Radioactive fog? a game based on an unpopular movie? LOL!), so just because you have a heart of gold doesn't mean everyone else does, so don't come down on folks who don't, it makes you look kinda ...... you know.  All I am trying to say is, if you make stupid decisions on a consistent basis and fail then it's sad with the potential to be funny, it depends on the situation, I can't say that I personally laughed at failure of companies but I can say, while playing Bionic Commando no less, that I was glad GRIN was gone because they were fucking retarded for the radioactive shit, it broke the game, anyway, that's all. "

Thank goodness CrimeCraft is ok.

" Don't put out ass games and you won't close. "

" @Symphony said:

" @EgoCheck616 said:

" @DJJoeJoe said:

" @EgoCheck616 said:

" @DJJoeJoe: Yea, people losing their jobs is really funny. Or did you forget how Giant Bomb got started? "

Jeff didn't make terrible games. "

That doesn't matter. The fact that you're laughing about the misfortune of others makes you nothing more than a cynical a**hole.  "

There's a word for that -- it's called "schadenfreude" and it's human nature. I suppose most of us are cynical assholes in that regard. "

Some one must have seen Alan Shore's speech on Boston Legal. Anyway it's a sad day when more hard working people lose there jobs. "

so a dude with computer access says, "we're still here and everything is hunky dory?"

Good riddance.  Their only purpose as a company was to exploit the wants and desires of gamers and the electronic entertainment industry for profit. 
 
The only downside, would be the innocent individuals involved with them.  Who were just in it for a decent job, who in return lost their financial stability.  Also, by decent job, I mean the Janitors and the secretaries.  Since everyone and anyone involved in creating/releasing Crimecraft is a scam artist in my eyes. 
 
Glad to see gamers not funding their deceitful ways.

Well none these games seem like their selling, so it would be no surprise if they did shut down.

" Good riddance.  Their only purpose as a company was to exploit the wants and desires of gamers and the electronic entertainment industry for profit."  

" They were not working hard enough it seems "

I feel for the developers... imagine rushing and slaving away at a game, and then getting canned 3 weeks after its release.  That's a harsh penalty and I hope the near future turns out better for them. 
 
That said, I never played any of Vogster's games, so I don't feel any personal sadness.

However bad Crimecraft may be, Robacalypse was an entertaining little title. I hope the guys who made that land on their feet, if they were among the ones let go.

The Jersey office is home to the owner, the IT guy and Daniel Prousline. Everyone else lost their jobs. We're talking 150 people worldwide. No one got severance, no one got pay, just a kick in the ass and goodbye. The press release is as honest as Crimecraft is a good game.

vogster's marketing dept is a complete joke.  whomever heads up that debacle should be canned for incompetance.  this studio had other projects that were getting much better reviews and they close down those studios for crimecraft?? who's at the helm over there.. the wind?  BTW linkedin.com shows a ton of people from kiev being let go.  Even if we were to believe that they're restructuring to support crimecraft, if they're closing their dev studio entirely, then who's coding patches & expansions?  no one thats who. 

Sounds like some people made some bad decisions.

I'm guessing somebody thought they were a genius "GTA ... and World of Warcraft !! Omg!" and then proceeded to try to make that game with 1/10,000th of the budget those two games were made with in 1/10th the time and then were shocked and appalled when it didn't turn out the way they imagined it.

ok

You guys play games and do not have no any idea how difficult it is to make one. 
When you relase your game I will review it.

" You guys play games and do not have no any idea how difficult it is to make one.  When you relase your game I will review it. "