The offices Rockstar Vienna — the wispy-mustached lederhose subsidiary of Rockstar Games that was responsible for porting the Grand Theft Auto games to the XBox (and somehow managing to make them look more detailed than the PC versions) as well as porting Max Payne 2 to the PS2 and XBox — has been closed.

Okay, the PS2 port of Max Payne 2 was reason enough to fire anybody, but according to the blog of Jurie Homeman, the method of the dismisall of over a hundred employees was rather ignominious.

This morning, as I came into work, I was greeted by security guards... It turned out Take-Two has closed their Rockstar Vienna office, effective immediately, 'due to the challenging environment facing the video game business and our Company during this platform transition.'

Classy. Nothing takes the sting out of being fired more than a bunch of rent-a-cops goose stepping behind you, just twitching for you to give them an excuse.

Rockstar Vienna closes its doors [Intelligent Artifice]

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