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Rockstar Confirms Red Dead Redemption Team Layoffs

By james_fudge

Kotaku reports that Rockstar San Diego has layed off 40 from its studio. Earlier this year the company released Red Dead Redemption, which many critics are calling a major contender for Game of the Year. Rockstar San Diego studio manager Steve Martin told Kotaku that these layoffs are typical of the post-development cycle of a game.

"We are ensuring that all employees who are affected by these changes are being treated with care," Martin added. "While we have no announcements to make regarding a sequel to Red Dead Redemption, the team here are hard at work on the development of downloadable content for the game."

While Rockstar San Diego may call these layoffs typical, it's hard to gauge exactly whose idea it was to lay off a development team that has done such great work; certainly parent company Take-Two has been keen to cut costs and maintain profitability at a time when the company's line-up lacks a Grand Theft Auto title. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on July 16, 2010 (boomark / email).