The whole of tech seems to have forgotten they need people to build things even if those people are using a chat bot to write boilerplate (which doesn’t work reliably anyway).
dimi_dee1
The documentary and lawsuit about this game is going to be something
Redfeather1975
It finally has begun to die.
-SaC
Oh dear, I hope that doesn’t mean the game’s full launch will be delayed.
^^lol
morbihann
The jpeg factory keeps rolling.
PentagramJ2
Money laundering scheme of a studio
wray_nerely
I’m sure it’s just a cost-cutting measure so they won’t need to sell so many digital goods
Cymelion
I mean if they’re actually relocating to Manchester and people are unable to relocate what options are left?
It’s absolutely not great and Todd Papy was an amazing presence on their YouTube channel when he was on and will be missed. But I can’t fault him for choosing to remain where he was if he was unable to move.
StonewoodNutter
They were just paying them to exist anyway since this game is never coming out, so you might as well pull the plug now.
dudushat
Article is misleading. They increased their employee count last year, they haven’t made any cuts anywhere.
This is just them moving a studio and some people weren’t willing to make the move.
dogfan20
Didn’t meet the kickstarter goal, damn, better luck next time.
kanrad
Give them a break their a small team with little funding. They can’t afford to relocate people…
SirSabza
My partners brother in law is friends with a senior dev in CIG. This is not a bad thing. There is a massive hiring push in Manchester. Many dev teams are set up there and theres a lot of talent in the local area. People laid off will simply be people who couldn’t relocate. They don’t intend to cut the team they want to refill those numbers
SabathiusZephyr
Man I guess they just couldn’t afford it, maybe we should send them a few bucks.
Anyone still falling for this scam deserves to be ripped off.
GamerJoseph
Ah so more hearsay “journalism.”
But any chance to shit on Star Citizen, amirite?
LeviathansFatass
We just need five hundred million more dollars, pls bro I swear
ThreeTreesForTheePls
This seems to just be capitalising on the wave of lay off drama.
The company didn’t lay people off. They found a more centralised building, and a few workers didn’t want to make the move so they parted ways.
bicmedic
Oh no, they might not make their 2014 release date now.
Bowman_van_Oort
I remember how excited I was when I pledged for this game a fucking decade ago.
SecondAccount404
Was Cloud Imperium always a UK company or did they move there? The article doesn’t actually say where their original office was.
A_Wild_VelociFaptor
I feel like the product this company is advertising needs to be investigated by a government body if some sort (I’m not American, idk which one) if for no other reason then to ascertain whether the product _exists_ or not.
cryptovictor
If you paid for this when it was announced, you got scammed, and if you’ve paid for it recently, you’re an absolute idiot
ZaDu25
Better delay it another 5 years to compensate for that.
j0shman
NoClip, where’s the seedy documentary about CIG at?
boot2skull
Sad. Freelancer was dope.
DanceJuice
I get it. We all hate this game. But this article is fucking terrible, if this poor excuse for journalism was about any other game the comments would be talking about that instead.
There have been a handful of lay-offs, which is way below the industry average this time of year. And the studio continued its move to Manchester which has been occurring over the last 5 years. Todd Papy would have known this for some time and would have had plenty of time to make plans.
Crymsyn_Moon
No longer content with swindling naive gamers, the beast has set its eyes on it’s own employees.
Zerosdeath
Oh boy. You are about to piss off the SC Stans…
smurfkill12
Relocating makes no sense, they have 5 studios around the world. I only know of Todd Papi and no one knows why he left.
There was a restructuring of the company late last year into January as a lot of the devs are moving from Squadron 42 to Star Citizen as their not needed in Squadron anymore because it’s feature complete (that’s what they tell us, and what we’ve seen is a lot more people working in Star Citizen now, considering the next page is going to be the biggest patch released to date, having like 1/2 of the stuff that they showed of at Citizen Con last year).
mystictroll
Scam Citizen
reddev3
They’re just waiting for the game to not be sci fi.
MoeSzyslakMonobrow
Lol that game is never leaving EA
T4lsin
Such a great game…
persepolisrising79
ROFL
predetaory monetization sheme ? check
forever in development hell ? check
chris roberts ? check
Cloud Imperium a “highly toxic company.” Anyone suprised lol
XevinsOfCheese
They make money hand over fist, there’s no reason they can’t afford to keep their employees.
Dthirds3
Why do people play a game that will never release
Fuckspez42
I’m convinced SC is just an elaborate scam at this point.
stutesy
Lmao dumpster fire
alintros
So… A few people not wanting to relocate to a new office is news now? Oh, my bad, its not news, just a SC hateclick bullshit post…
atominthered
Holy crap Todd Papy is out??? He was in dev videos for years.
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Depressing but not surprising.
The whole of tech seems to have forgotten they need people to build things even if those people are using a chat bot to write boilerplate (which doesn’t work reliably anyway).
The documentary and lawsuit about this game is going to be something
It finally has begun to die.
Oh dear, I hope that doesn’t mean the game’s full launch will be delayed.
^^lol
The jpeg factory keeps rolling.
Money laundering scheme of a studio
I’m sure it’s just a cost-cutting measure so they won’t need to sell so many digital goods
I mean if they’re actually relocating to Manchester and people are unable to relocate what options are left?
It’s absolutely not great and Todd Papy was an amazing presence on their YouTube channel when he was on and will be missed. But I can’t fault him for choosing to remain where he was if he was unable to move.
They were just paying them to exist anyway since this game is never coming out, so you might as well pull the plug now.
Article is misleading. They increased their employee count last year, they haven’t made any cuts anywhere.
This is just them moving a studio and some people weren’t willing to make the move.
Didn’t meet the kickstarter goal, damn, better luck next time.
Give them a break their a small team with little funding. They can’t afford to relocate people…
My partners brother in law is friends with a senior dev in CIG. This is not a bad thing. There is a massive hiring push in Manchester. Many dev teams are set up there and theres a lot of talent in the local area. People laid off will simply be people who couldn’t relocate. They don’t intend to cut the team they want to refill those numbers
Man I guess they just couldn’t afford it, maybe we should send them a few bucks.
Anyone still falling for this scam deserves to be ripped off.
Ah so more hearsay “journalism.”
But any chance to shit on Star Citizen, amirite?
We just need five hundred million more dollars, pls bro I swear
This seems to just be capitalising on the wave of lay off drama.
The company didn’t lay people off. They found a more centralised building, and a few workers didn’t want to make the move so they parted ways.
Oh no, they might not make their 2014 release date now.
I remember how excited I was when I pledged for this game a fucking decade ago.
Was Cloud Imperium always a UK company or did they move there? The article doesn’t actually say where their original office was.
I feel like the product this company is advertising needs to be investigated by a government body if some sort (I’m not American, idk which one) if for no other reason then to ascertain whether the product _exists_ or not.
If you paid for this when it was announced, you got scammed, and if you’ve paid for it recently, you’re an absolute idiot
Better delay it another 5 years to compensate for that.
NoClip, where’s the seedy documentary about CIG at?
Sad. Freelancer was dope.
I get it. We all hate this game. But this article is fucking terrible, if this poor excuse for journalism was about any other game the comments would be talking about that instead.
There have been a handful of lay-offs, which is way below the industry average this time of year. And the studio continued its move to Manchester which has been occurring over the last 5 years. Todd Papy would have known this for some time and would have had plenty of time to make plans.
No longer content with swindling naive gamers, the beast has set its eyes on it’s own employees.
Oh boy. You are about to piss off the SC Stans…
Relocating makes no sense, they have 5 studios around the world. I only know of Todd Papi and no one knows why he left.
There was a restructuring of the company late last year into January as a lot of the devs are moving from Squadron 42 to Star Citizen as their not needed in Squadron anymore because it’s feature complete (that’s what they tell us, and what we’ve seen is a lot more people working in Star Citizen now, considering the next page is going to be the biggest patch released to date, having like 1/2 of the stuff that they showed of at Citizen Con last year).
Scam Citizen
They’re just waiting for the game to not be sci fi.
Lol that game is never leaving EA
Such a great game…
ROFL
predetaory monetization sheme ? check
forever in development hell ? check
chris roberts ? check
Cloud Imperium a “highly toxic company.” Anyone suprised lol
They make money hand over fist, there’s no reason they can’t afford to keep their employees.
Why do people play a game that will never release
I’m convinced SC is just an elaborate scam at this point.
Lmao dumpster fire
So… A few people not wanting to relocate to a new office is news now? Oh, my bad, its not news, just a SC hateclick bullshit post…
Holy crap Todd Papy is out??? He was in dev videos for years.