Midway's fade into gaming oblivion continues with word that all 60 employees at the bankrupt firm's Chicago HQ will be let go in September.
The cuts include CEO Matt Booty and other execs, reports the Chicago Tribune.
That popping sound you hear is the deployment of golden parachutes for the top dogs.
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Zen: I felt Brutal Legends was a funny & beautiful look at the world of rock from Double Fines point of view. The only parts I wasn't hot for were the RTS bits as it felt forced. Otherwise fantastic.02/12/2012 - 1:34pm
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DorthLous: Passed 1.5M$. And I'd also say that Brutal Legend is far from being a bad game. I just think it was a few levels under what people expected from the people working on the project.02/11/2012 - 8:25am
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Technogeek: Brutal Legend wasn't bad so much as "marketing had no idea how the game actually played", causing it to suffer accordingly.02/10/2012 - 10:38pm
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RedMage: It looks the CIA's website has been DDOS'ed. Anon?02/10/2012 - 7:52pm
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RedMage: Brutal Legend.02/10/2012 - 7:52pm
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ddrfr33k: Has anything Tim Schafer ever made been of crap caliber? I'm struggling to think of one...02/10/2012 - 7:37pm
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Guamish: I think it is in good hands. Tim did a game for the GDC award show and that was fun for how short it was.02/10/2012 - 12:22pm
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Andrew Eisen: It'll be tragic if the game ultimately sucks.02/10/2012 - 12:17pm
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james_fudge: $1.3 million02/10/2012 - 11:32am
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Andrew Eisen: Damn. Double Fine's Kickstarter fund has already passed a million dollars.02/09/2012 - 8:16pm
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Andrew Eisen: Audrey didn't quote the sassy parts. Here's IGN's article: http://wii.ign.com/articles/121/1218359p1.html And here's my original post: http://tinyurl.com/7y68a3902/09/2012 - 7:50pm
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james_fudge: I hope you some said something sassy! Where's the link?02/09/2012 - 7:46pm
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Andrew Eisen: Hey, neat. IGN quoted a blog I had writen only two hours earlier. I certainly timed that one pretty well.02/09/2012 - 7:38pm
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Andrew Eisen: Toki Tori has been added to the Humble Bundle for Android.02/09/2012 - 5:11pm
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james_fudge: Thanks for the heads-up DorthLous02/09/2012 - 4:33pm
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DorthLous: Will do, my apologies.02/09/2012 - 4:14pm
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Andrew Eisen: I appreciate the heads up but please keep typo alerts to the specific article's comments or PMs.02/09/2012 - 3:33pm
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DorthLous: The title says 30, but in the article, the developer says it's like a 20% net tax http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/02/09/developers-call-facebook-currency-transaction-fee-thirty-percent-tax02/09/2012 - 2:43pm
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Re: Midway HQ: Last One Out, Turn Out the Lights
Hmm, I doubt anyone would complain if Namco got Mortal Kombat.
And I hope the ones fired will find new work.
Re: Midway HQ: Last One Out, Turn Out the Lights
They won't. WB got MK along with all of the assests I believe.
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Re: Midway HQ: Last One Out, Turn Out the Lights
shush dont give jack ideas
Re: Midway HQ: Last One Out, Turn Out the Lights
I wonder why Jack Thompson haven´t claimed victory or something like it was all his doing.
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Re: Midway HQ: Last One Out, Turn Out the Lights
That sucks pretty hard. Sounds like that guy who bought it as it was failling basically demolished the company to make a profit or else to use it as a tax write-off, which, while not illegal, is fucked up as all hell.
I hope those 60 can find another job; maybe whoever picks up Mortal Kombat will pick them up too, God willing. Although, to be honest, I think some of them may need to be left out to keep MK from being so stagnant.
A sad, sad day, that September will be.
Re: Midway HQ: Last One Out, Turn Out the Lights
Wow, Midway is being far more disassembled than I expected.
Rather ironic too, because Booty must've got the memo he's being cut right as he got back from his trip to Europe to cut his branch there. =/