With hundreds of jobs lost in such a short time, it’s a tenuous time for industry creatives and support staff. Big Fish Games laid off 15% of its employees on Tuesday in an effort to refocus its efforts on free-to-play games, which GeekWire estimates to be about 110 people or so. This game has been negatively received by most who play it, and many dont accept. Telltale Games laid off 250 of 275 employees with no notice or severance last Friday, and Capcom Vancouver laid off 158 employees back on Sept. This change was set in place to move to a new game, Club Penguin Island. "We were told three weeks ago that we’d been green-lit and would have jobs for at least 2 years while we built and launched a new product,” an anonymous employee told Kotaku.Īs sad as the news is, it comes at a tense time in the games industry, right after the layoffs at Telltale Games, developer behind Telltale’s The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us, last week and the shutdown of Dead Rising developer Capcom Vancouver earlier this month. However, in order to reduce costs further and become more competitive, we find that we must reduce our workforce.”Įmployees report feeling “blindsided” to Kotaku, as the news of layoffs comes just a few weeks after the studio seemed to have some new, upcoming projects for staff to work on. These measures have succeeded to some extent. “We have explored many options to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Explore the latest videos from hashtags: clubpenguinisland, clubpenguin, penguinisland, clubpeniguin.
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“For several years now, we have been experiencing increasing global competition,” a letter from Disney’s HR department stated. Discover short videos related to Club Penguin Island on TikTok. Disney Canada gave increasing competition as the reason behind the decision. Affected employees at the Kelowna, British Columbia-based studio will reportedly get one month’s severance. With the sad news comes an even more unfortunate turn of events: “dozens” of workers at Disney Canada are being laid off, Kotaku reports.
Ross Island is island formed by four volcanoes surrounded by the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica. It was targeted at the younger set (age 6 to 14) and at. Despite its small size, it is the 6th highest island in the world. If you somehow missed it, Club Penguin was a hugely popular virtual world in which players as cartoon penguins would hang out and interact. “But, the time has come for the party to end.” Ross Island is a small Sub-Antarctic Island near the Ross Ice Shelf. “From day one of development, Club Penguin Island has been a true passion project for everyone here at Disney,” the announcement stated. The mobile successor lasted not too much longer than the original Club Penguin, as another unfortunate round of layoffs in the game industry occurs.Ĭlub Penguin Island is shutting down at the end of the year, according to an announcement from Disney Canada made on Thursday.The children’s mobile game is a successor to the original Club Penguin, which, at the height of its popularity, had over 200 million players.
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