Rumor: Layoffs at THQ's Rainbow Studios and Sandblast Games

6 Comments by Christopher Grant May 1st 2008 10:08PM
Filed under: Business

Gamasutra sources indicate that publisher THQ has laid off staff at two of its internal studios: Sandblast Games , currently creating Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon, and Rainbow Studios, currently working on the Wii-exclusive Deadly Creatures (potentially related sidenote: early last month several Rainbow Studios vets left to form their very own TimeFly Studios). Both developers will apparently continue work on their existing projects.

THQ has been making changes of late, killing several key franchises like Juiced and Stuntman, nabbing some new execs, and evidently those changes extend to their studios as well. With over a dozen development houses under its belt, if this rumor is true, it may not be the last round of layoffs out of THQ.

Tags: Rainbow-Studios, Sandblast-Games, THQ

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(Page 1) Reader Comments

ApolloIV: May 1st 2008; 10:13PM

Ea you bastard. Why!!!!!!!!!!! Don't blame EA blame Nixon. Why Nixon, WHY????????????

Sora267: May 1st 2008; 10:29PM

I can't stand it, I know ya planned it, Imma set straight this Watergate...

(Yes, I knew that song before Rock Band came along.)

I thought the song would fit since you mentioned Nixon and said "why" a whole lot.

colin: May 2nd 2008; 3:55AM

+ for the boys

PojoMofo: May 2nd 2008; 9:44AM

agreed. not enough Beastie boys reference her on the 'stiq.

Laggy: May 2nd 2008; 1:49AM

No more Juiced? Damn

Silliness: May 2nd 2008; 1:17PM

Dammit, I was looking forward to Deadly Creatures guess I should give up on the idea of it being good. Screw them and their Nick Toons shovel ware.

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