LayoffsJun 13, 2020
WB Gamesbingo93

Warner Brother Games to be bought by EA/Activision/Take two. What to make of it and impact?

Saw some reports yesterday about Warner Brother's Games Unit being bought by one of EA/Activision/Take two. Management as expected denied it as rumour. But I believe there's no smoke without fire. How do you guys think it would impact the game developers and engineers at WB Games. Also, I assume such aquisitions come with layoffs. So should I jump ship to be on the safer side.

Amazon UTukMyJerb Jun 13, 2020

Jump ship if you aren't in a studio or working directly on a title. All common functions like infrastructure and data analytics will be made redundant

PNC lmJx76 Jun 13, 2020

EA is terrible and Activision only a couple pegs away. Can we get back to the days where full priced games weren't loaded with microtransactions?