007 Legends developers Eurocom staff being cut to 'under 50' [Joystiq]

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Eurocom, which most recently worked on 007 Legends, experienced massive layoffs today. GamesIndustry (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-11-23-eurocom-forced-to-make-large-number-of-redundancies) received a statement from the developer that it let go of a majority of over 200 employees today.

"We've fought to try and save as many jobs as possible, but the steep decline in demand for console games, culminating in a number of console projects falling through in the last week, left us with no option," the statement to GI.biz reads. "Eurocom has retained a core staff of just under 50 employees and will be focusing mainly on mobile opportunities moving forward."

007 Legends was not well received (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/19/007-legends-review/) by critics, with a current Metacritic of 45 (http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/007-legends). Prior to that, Eurocom made the Goldeneye 007 (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/goldeneye-007-2010/) remake and Dead Space: Extraction (http://joystiq.com/tag/dead-space-extraction), which will always hold a special place in Joystiq's heart for giving us Dead Space Girl (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/@dead-space-girl).http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.joystiq.com)007 Legends developers Eurocom staff being cut to 'under 50' (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/23/007-legends-developers-eurocom-staff-being-cut-to-under-50/) originally appeared on Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com) on Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).

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[retroman]

good..they should just shut the doors..With Goldeneye Reloaded, which was a good game with lots of issues that could have been fixed with a patch..They did nothing, and then 007 Legends has to be one of the worst games i have ever played...The online multiplayer was a joke with horrible graphics, and game play, and fram rate, and level design, and a single player campain that is just as laughable..this game belongs with ataris ET out in a desert landfill.

[Kitsune Sniper]

good..they should just shut the doors..With Goldeneye Reloaded, which was a good game with lots of issues that could have been fixed with a patch..They did nothing, and then 007 Legends has to be one of the worst games i have ever played...The online multiplayer was a joke with horrible graphics, and game play, and fram rate, and level design, and a single player campain that is just as laughable..this game belongs with ataris ET out in a desert landfill.

So you know, sometimes it's not up to the dev to deliver the patches. Sometimes the publisher is the one that refuses to budget for them.

[kupomogli]

So you know, sometimes it's not up to the dev to deliver the patches. Sometimes the publisher is the one that refuses to budget for them.

At first I was like, but Call of Duty gets tons of patches, then realized it's Call of Duty. That and the final product is a beta build, maybe even alpha build, so of course it gets patched. They release it then finish the game up with all the bitching about how many problems it has.

[Greg2600]

The World Is Not Enough was a good game on N64, though the multiplayer stunk. Nightfire 007 was a fantastic game. Haven't played the newer ones they've done for Activision, but I don't think they've been well received, beginning with Quantum of Solace. Not sure if that's their fault or not. I think the criticism is the games are too short/MP too limited, and that definitely comes down to budgeting.

[Rob2600]

The World Is Not Enough was a good game on N64

I agree. Eurocom's work on the SNES, N64, and GameCube was solid, and often excellent (Mortal Kombat 4, Tarzan, NBA Showtime, 007: The World Is not Enough, 007: Nightfire, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, etc.).

Dead Space: Extraction was well-received on the Wii, too. I haven't kept up with the company the past few years, but I hope the people who were let go find work elsewhere.