Meta lays off 1/3rd of staff at Ready at Dawn

[the-pi-guy]

1/3 of the studio was laid off today including the studio head

— Thomas Griebel (@thomas_griebel) April 19, 2023

Also lost some really great people just due to attrition. Think we're down almost half since when I started in August

— Thomas Griebel (@thomas_griebel) April 19, 2023

[Legend]

That sucks. They've been through a lot as a studio.

[kitler53]

welp. 

I still think the order 1886 was pretty good and deserved a chance at a sequel. 

[Legend]

welp.

I still think the order 1886 was pretty good and deserved a chance at a sequel.

I kept waiting for it to go on PS+ so I could play it, but that never happened.

Kinda crazy that no early PS4 exclusives got sequels. Killzone died, LBP died, Infamous died, 1886 died, Until Dawn 2 never happened, and Bloodborne 2 never happened. Only game to get a sequel was Knack lol.

[kitler53]

I kept waiting for it to go on PS+ so I could play it, but that never happened.

Kinda crazy that no early PS4 exclusives got sequels. Killzone died, LBP died, Infamous died, 1886 died, Until Dawn 2 never happened, and Bloodborne 2 never happened. Only game to get a sequel was Knack lol.

not sure if it ever goes on sale anymore but for a while there you could regularly get it for $5.   worth it. 

the game had great graphics, characters, story, art direction.  the gameplay was good too.  the only real criticism was "more".  it just needed more.  more chapters.  more enemies. more bosses.   

that's why I really wanted it to get a sequel.   no 1886 was not an amazing game but what was there was really good.  it just needed to have more of everything. 

[the-pi-guy]

Yeah I would broadly agree with that.

I recall some minor stuff like QTEs in unnecessary spots. But it was a good game.

[the-pi-guy]

Just finished my first day as Principal Rendering Programmer at Sony Santa Monica Studio. I'm super excited to be working with such an awesome and talented team!

— Matt Pettineo (@MyNameIsMJP) April 25, 2023

Engine lead at RaD is now at Santa Monica

[nnodley]

its a terrible time to try applying for jobs in the industry when a big layoff happens.  Those that have experience already are gonna disperse into many of the open positions. Which is good for them, but just bad for someone trying to break fully into it.

But also has RaD even released anything lately.  Feel like last i saw was their VR game or something.

[kitler53]

its a terrible time to try applying for jobs in the industry when a big layoff happens.  Those that have experience already are gonna disperse into many of the open positions. Which is good for them, but just bad for someone trying to break fully into it.

But also has RaD even released anything lately.  Feel like last i saw was their VR game or something.

i mean, meta bought them specifically to develop content for VR.   that's all they've done lately.

[the-pi-guy]

its a terrible time to try applying for jobs in the industry when a big layoff happens.  Those that have experience already are gonna disperse into many of the open positions. Which is good for them, but just bad for someone trying to break fully into it.

But also has RaD even released anything lately.  Feel like last i saw was their VR game or something.

Lone Echo 2 in 2021 was their last game.
Supposed to be a great VR game.

[Horizon]

Just finished my first day as Principal Rendering Programmer at Sony Santa Monica Studio. I'm super excited to be working with such an awesome and talented team!

— Matt Pettineo (@MyNameIsMJP) April 25, 2023

Engine lead at RaD is now at Santa Monica

I recall quite a bit of RAD went to ND after the Order 1886. I expect quite a few of them to end up at SSM and ND again.

[kitler53]

I recall quite a bit of RAD went to ND after the Order 1886. I expect quite a few of them to end up at SSM and ND again.

this is how you aquire a studio on the cheap.