Layoffs at SOE (DBG)..

[Stabulous]

• Dave "Smokejumper" Georgeson (Director of Development for the EverQuest brand, @DaveGeorgeson)
• Linda “Brasse” Carlson (Community Manager, @Brasse)
• Akil “Lyndro” Hooper (Everquest II developer, @akilh)
• Aaron “Gnobrin” Bisnett (Weapon and Armor designer for 12 years, @Gnobrin)
• Douglas “Endymion” VanDerveer (Everquest II game designer, twitter page deleted)
• Annah "Amnerys" Bianchi (Community Manager, @amnerys)
• Aimee “Ashlanne” Rekoske (Community Relations Project Manager, @Ashlanne)
• Eric "Felgon" Smith (Associate Producer for EverQuest Next and Landmark, @F4Felgon)
• Steve "Moorgard" Danuser (Head of Story, @Moorgard)
• Tiffany Spence (Social Media, @JustTiffy)
• Noah Watkins (Graphic designer, @noahwatkins)

not the full list, but a good chunk of them.

http://www.reddit.com/r/EQNext/comme...ng_yet/coij9p5

official statement here: https://forums.station.sony.com/soe/...e.11500068779/

[Herp]

Wow, that didnt take long.

[Swish]

H1Z1 staff in tact by the look of it... lol

[Lemiddar]

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

H1Z1 staff in tact by the look of it... lol

A few people from h1z1 were let go, but seems like the smallest impact. Only one person.. uh.. worth noting? That's not how I intended that to sound, but you get the idea. That person also happens to be the guy who came up with the name. Fun fact!

[GnashingOfTeeth]

This is called a shutdown and RIF... reduction in force for the basement types that never had a real job.

[Telin]

Aw Brasse was so nice!

[katrik]

So no EQnext.. ? = (

[Swish]

Originally Posted by katrik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So no EQnext.. ? = (

Not without a huge cash shop I don't think :/

[Adolphus]

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not without a huge cash shop I don't think :/

Was always going to have a huge cash shop anyways . . .


Pretty sure this means its done though. Would be no reason to lay off the director of the game unless they are cancelling, right?

Either way, smokejumper should have been canned years ago. He and some of these other goons were in part responsible for destroying Everquest imo.

[Herp]

Originally Posted by katrik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So no EQnext.. ? = (

Its still in the works, or in other words, has not been officially scrapped yet. They still have a team of no-namers working on the project.