Saturday, April 13, 2002

3DO Swings the Axe -- 1:00 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Celestial Heavens is reporting that 3DO has laid off 2/3 of the New World Computing staff, including most of those who worked on Might and Magic IX and Heroes of Might and Magic IV. Here's the choice they were given:

Either move to San Francisco to work on 3DO titles, with no moving expenses paid, and a maximum allowed time for the move of 2 weeks (which must come out of accrued vacation time), or they could accept a month's severance pay.

Whee! Thanks, 3DO! You guys rule! Has there been an entertainment company that has been more of a failure in every endeavor than 3DO? Thanks Shacknews.

J.t.Qbe comments: Too bad--NWC has produced the real moneymakers for 3DO. Times are tough all over. Still, I hear that there are plans for a Heroes 5, but I'd guess that there'll be no more Might & Magics. That means that IX is the end of the great triad of RPGs--Ultima ended a few years ago, Wizardry last year and now M&M. Too bad.

J.t.Qbe comments: **UPDATE** GameSpyDaily quotes an NWC designer who says that all is not lost: "we have a solid team remaining who will continue to make the great games we always have. It will be like the old days... we'll do it one game at a time :)" Might & Magic X, here we come! I hope.

News for 04/13/2002

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