WARHAMMER ONLINE: Electronic Arts laid off a huge amount of staff today. A whopping 1,500 employees. Included in the cuts were a reported 40% of Mythic Entertainment folks, developers of under-performing fantasy MMO, WARHAMMER ONLINE.
We still need to wait and see how this all washes out, but my belief is that we may see WARHAMMER ONLINE canceled in the near future.
I sincerely hope that I am incorrect, unfortunately, my gut instinct tells me to hurry up and log into WAR before it goes the way of the dodo…and other EA MMOs such as MOTOR CITY ONLINE, EARTH & BEYOND, THE SIMS ONLINE, and a couple of ULTIMA sequels.
“About 1,300 of those layoffs are part of a wide-reaching restructuring plan that will include ‘the closure of several facilities.’ The move, which will cost EA between $130 million and $150 million, is expected to save $100 million annually (just over a fourth of what the company said it lost this quarter).”