Well thats what Kotaku is reporting, can anyone confirm/deny?

http://kotaku.com/5130836/rumor-ea-shuts-down-pandemic-studios-down-under

Seems like some have lost jobs, some haven't, still very up in the air at the moment

unlucky

dam isn't there some pandemic fellas on qgl? best of luck!

wet aren't you at pandemic ? or krome ?

Lets hoping it's not going turn into Stinky's Soup Kitchen :(
Best of luck to all you guys.

There sure is epic.
There sure is

They'll be right tho, only the best type hang out here at QGL

I think Stinky is good enough at what he does to get another job at a drop of a hat. But probably not one with such a good working environment :(

I'm at krome

In a post on his personal blog, former Pandemic programmer Tony Albrecht confirms he has been laid off from the studio's Brisbane office. I think this pretty much verifies the rumours floating around today. All the best for the future, Tony, and if there are any Australian developers looking to hire right now, drop him a line.

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s*** that sucks I hope Pauls OK!!!
and the rest of them if they're hot

worst year to f***ing graduate and get into the games industry i'll tell you that zzzzzz

worst year to f***ing graduate and get into the games industry i'll tell you that zzzzzz

That industry and every other industry. I'm in engineering and I was asking grads finishing in 2008 where they were going and the answer was pretty much completely "No job lined up yet" across the board. Compared to 2006 and 2007 when everyone had a job sorted well before they graduated.

I think Stinky is good enough at what he does to get another job at a drop of a hat. But probably not one with such a good working environment :(

You mean Stinky would have to buy shoes?

oh and Eds, he is at pandemic too?

hmmm ... is this sort of what is happening to the job market in Australia or just an isolated event? I know it was a niche industry in Australia but there are a lot of those back home :(

Aren't Stinky and Eds in IT support? Surely no matter how many staff there are, they still need internal support.

Eds and I are not redundant. I can't comment on the the rest of the speculation floating around at the moment.

Thanks for the concern and nice comments tho ... I'd say I'd do the same for you, but it's simply not true :D

Eds and I are not redundant. I can't comment on the the rest of the speculation floating around at the moment.

So, you won't be buying any big boy shoes?

Whats the point, he keeps leaving them at your mums place :D

My mother always liked Stinky. Now I know why.

I love typo's mum, she's got a clit so big that I can suck it like a cock.

^ oh that's nasty

^ oh that's nasty

It gets nasty after Stinky sucks it.

I love typo's mum, she's got a clit so big that I can suck it like a cock.

Conversely typo's cock is small khel can lick it like it's a clit!

snap!

*hugs my cushy government job* Thanks for paying your taxes, f***ers!

Seriously though it does suck to hear about Aussies getting screwed in such a cool industry. Perhaps digital distribution might be a better way to go at the moment? Does anybody know how hard it is to get games published on Steam?

Does anybody know how hard it is to get games published on Steam?

Pretty easy from what I understand, but you're limiting your market to the PC. Consoles are where a big chunk of the money is now.

Hahaha, not two weeks after EA fully acquires pandemic they start firing people.

God damn they are fantastic.

I think that happens in most buy outs/merges

Hahaha, not two weeks after EA fully acquires pandemic they start firing people.

God damn they are fantastic.

EA fully acquired Pandemic in January 08. It's now January 09.

shhh, don't bring logic into an EA bashers argument, their little head will explode!

Eds and stinky are EA fanboi's ... lets get em.

LoL! Not really, I do find it amusing reading things on the net from people that obviously have no clue as to how games studios etc work.

Im not implying anyone here, but the comment "chickens***" reminded me of comments I read on Kotaku and what not.

EA are pretty gay.

They are gay, I misread but I find blaming EA for things to be helpful in many ways.

http://www.qgl.org/blamegen/

EA f***ed over Dungeon keeper, and that's all i need to hate them forever.

Conversely typo's cock is small khel can lick it like it's a clit!

To be fair though, Khel has a massive mouth. I'm sure if he tried, and he probably has, he could take 9 or 10 normal sized cocks.

You just wish you had a dick that people could talk about.

ROFLCOCK

Some more info

No typo... I am very happy that my cock is not being discussed by you or anyone else on the forum.

http://www.voetsek.com/lighter_side/images/man_with_huge_cock.jpg

Your cock is being handled by a cowboy? It is all falling into place.

Your cock is being handled by a cowboy? It is all falling into place.

His computer generated over-exaggerated cock is being handled by a cowboy.

I just photoshopped a cowboy over shad :(