More bad news for THQ as the company announces more layoffs and the rumors of the MMO Warhammer game being cancelled ends up becoming true.
THQ officially confirms the Warhammer 40,000 MMO game called "Dark Millennium" has been cancelled with the main reasoning being THQ unable to find another company to help finance the game. The game was originally meant to play a huge role as a revenue stream for 2013 but now won't be possible and makes THQ's future look a lot bleaker now.
As a result THQ has laid off employees from several studios who were working on the game with 79 employees laid off from Vigil Games and another 39 from Relic Entertainment.
THQ will also downgrade the project from an MMO to just a regular game with the focus on the single player adventure instead of completely scrapping the project. The game will include an online multiplayer but without any of the features the MMO was originally planned to contain.
The news is the second time this year THQ had to lay off and cancel projects with 240 employees previously laid off in February. As well as the CEO of the company taking a 50% pay cut due to the terrible $55 million loss from the third quarter report.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/warham...nd-vigil/4060/
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Daily Recap:
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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...much-to-offer/
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