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Homefront Developer Worried About future of Studio in NYC

By james_fudge

An unnamed source from Kaos Studios, the New York City-based development studio working on Homefront, says that he or she is concerned that when the game is complete THQ will force personnel there to move to its freshly opened Montreal studio. This is the same studio that has been under a mandatory and extended crunch time to finish Homefront so it hits its release date. Stories of 6 day work weeks and 10 hour work days recently surfaced and were confirmed by THQ.

Kaos general manager David Votypka says that he has addressed some of these concerns in companywide meetings, but added that he would not rule out any scenarios after Homefront was complete.

"This is certainly a concern I am aware of at Kaos, and have taken questions from the staff about it on a number of occasions," Votypka told Develop. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on January 25, 2011 (boomark / email).