Wii developer Red Fly Studio lays off 30
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Sad news from Austin developer Red Fly Studio, which confirmed to GameSpot that it unexpectedly had to terminate approximately 30 employees on June 22. CEO Dan Borth explained, "The reduction of staff was a response to a large high-profile project that was, to our surprise, reevaluated and then canceled."
Red Fly is perhaps best known for its Wii versions of licensed games that are often as well -- if not better -- received than their 360 and PS3 counterparts (as was the case with the recent Thor). Here's hoping those affected land on their feet.
Red Fly is perhaps best known for its Wii versions of licensed games that are often as well -- if not better -- received than their 360 and PS3 counterparts (as was the case with the recent Thor). Here's hoping those affected land on their feet.
Reader Comments (8)
Posted: Jul 1st 2011 12:00PM guywithglasses said
the picture alone explains the text
Posted: Jul 1st 2011 12:12PM LivingDream said
@guywithglasses I was just going to say, I can see why. lol
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Posted: Jul 1st 2011 12:00PM FriedConsole said
I liked Mushroom Men. It was a good unique platfomer in this time of very few 3D platformers. Probably would have done better on the HD consoles where there are no good 3D platformers. The Wii has Super Mario Galaxy and its sequels which are the best 3D platformers of all time and is tough competition.
Posted: Jul 1st 2011 12:01PM XRZ36 said
I'm sorry for those who lost their jobs, but can anyone name one of their games off the top of their head? Thor and Ghostbusters not included.
Posted: Jul 1st 2011 6:11PM KungFuChaosNinja said
Mushroom Men is one of my favorite platformers this generation.
Posted: Jul 1st 2011 8:38PM Lerkero said
You don't really need to read past "Wii developer" to know why they had to cut staff. That market is slowly going away.
Posted: Jul 4th 2011 3:09PM touch said
This is really too bad. I loved Mushroom Men, though I knew by its one-week retail life at the local Target that it wouldn't get anything. Plus ... "Mushroom Men"?





