NSider
Contributing Editor
While LucasArts public relations did not get back to us today, several former LucasArts staffers did, with one telling us that 75-100 employees were laid off from the company, including the producer of LEGO Indiana Jones and LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Shawn Storc. According to another source, up to 80% of staff has been laid off in departments such as Production Services, which includes QA and Compliance, with jobs planned to be outsourced overseas. Cuts were also said to be made in development, with art and programming staffers being laid off.
السبب المحتمل:
"There are some that believe that more money can be made by licensing the SW and Indiana Jones IP to third party developers than through in-house development," hinting that the change in leadership "could spell trouble for the LucasArts division."
المشاريع اللي حسب بعض الموظفين المطرودين راح تتأثر وممكن تلغى أو يتم إعطائها لشركات خارجية أو فرق مختلفة:
- KOTOR 3 (A joint project between Lucasarts and BioWare)
- Battlefront 3
- "The Official Indiana Jones" game (probably this one)
- "another LEGO game based on the Indy universe"
- "a lightsaber game for the wii (sorry, no lightsaber peripherals)"
الألعاب اللي ما راح تتأثر هي The Force Unleashed (المكتملة) و Fracture، اللي يقولون الموظفين المطرودين أنها زبالة بكل معنى الكلمة.
http://kotaku.com/5013710/rumor-lucasarts-sees-massive-layoffs-outsources-jobs-[updated]
http://kotaku.com/5013769/rumor-luc...rojects-incl-kotor-3-indy-wii-lightsaber-game