Bankrupt World of Goo publisher won't axe employees

by Griffin McElroy { Feb 7th 2009 at 11:00AM }

We nearly reached for the Tums whilst perusing this story -- it's been so long since we've heard any heartwarming news regarding the gaming industry that we confused the sensation with a mild case of heartburn. A representative from Brighter Minds Media, the publisher behind last year's highly lauded slime-flinging puzzler World of Goo, recently announced that the publisher would not be laying off any of its employees -- despite the fact that the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week. Though they're going through what sounds like a fairly radical "reorganization", they won't be extending the already depressingly long gaming industry bread line. Good form, Brighter Minds.

Tags: bankruptcy, brighter-minds-media, world-of-goo

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

John P @ Feb 7th 2009 11:08AM

That breadline is nowhere near as long as most other industries. That said, I'm glad it isn't going to grow as a result of these financial difficulties.

WINterfang @ Feb 7th 2009 11:10AM

I'm very happy, nobody lose their job, since I think they do a pretty good job. ( well those are publisher not developers....I guess they could release the game for Xbox live arcade and PSN and give it more light time so boooo).

giesen2 @ Feb 7th 2009 11:25AM

I'm happy that the studio that wrote the game, 2D Boy, is doing well...

If I may ask, what was the role of Brighter Minds Media? They didn't create the game... Did they provide financing or just retail services?

Myquirk @ Feb 7th 2009 11:29AM

I'm especially glad because World of Goo is the best reason I've had to turn on my Wii in a long time.

Bowser Rogozhin @ Feb 7th 2009 11:37AM

These people are publishers. They had nothing to do with the development, or digital distribution, of World of Goo. If you spot a disc of World Of Goo, then that's Brighter Minds' work.

Doug @ Feb 7th 2009 11:29AM

Quick, buy their game! They're actually saving employees :O.

Bowser Rogozhin @ Feb 7th 2009 11:34AM

These people have been pumping out atrocious software over a sustained period of time. Human level aside, we shouldn't be celebrating this news.

Any consolation from this slowdown in credit would be the fact that ill-performing businesses go under, taking their shoddy-shovely ways with them. Hopefully they'll go into liquidation, the employees find alternative jobs, and we see the back of this sorry company.

Strategy_Panda (Pot & Spoon 4 Life) @ Feb 8th 2009 12:28AM

Agreed.

If it weren't for Brighter Minds being associated with World of Goo, I am almost 100% positive that anybody reading this site would not know, or care that this company existed. If you think EA produces shovelware, you have not seen this companies catalog.

http://store.brightermindsmedia.com/store/categories/software