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    Midway To Lay Off 25% Of Staff, Austin Studio Closing

    Midway Axes 80 to 90 in Austin?
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    12/19/08

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    awwww. :/
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    12/19/08

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    Gotta admire someone who can go through that kind of thing and still find the space in their head to create a laugh out of it.
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    12/19/08

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    I feel bad for the Midway Austin staff who got laid off.


    I just hope that this doesn't become an ongoing trend.

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    Image of LucasReis LucasReis
    12/16/08

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    I feel sorry for the people and sad because Midway is the shit! I really like a lot of their games and I like MK just as much as I like Street Fighter. I hope someone buys them or their IP´s. It can´t just die like this. Anyway, I hope these guys find new jobs soon, this crisis sucks big time.
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    Image of c0mbobreaker c0mbobreaker
    12/16/08

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    Atari/infogrames was in this same position not too long ago and look where they are now.


    Midway can come back if they make some smart decisions like Atari did.

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    12/16/08

    @c0mbobreaker: Yep, and I see this as a good thing for the company, all of the laid off grief notwithstanding. The harsh economic times understandably make a routine company shake up and restructuring process worse for those directly impacted by the decision to cut jobs, but if the company can be rebuilt into a more stable, profitable software developer, it'll be worth it in the long run.
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    12/16/08

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    Life is fucked when all you want for Christmas in your family is a job to feed them with.
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    12/16/08

    @Komrade_Kayce: So true. Man, you hit it on the head there, thank you. I bitch about my life, but when you hear something like this, it just chills you. Especially when you consider that there's probably not a lot of hiring positions in vg programming right now, sadly.


    Dark days.

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    Image of shaunmcilroy shaunmcilroy
    12/16/08

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    Thanks for the games you guys made before.


    Hope you all get sorted with jobs again soon!

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    Image of Gyaruson Gyaruson
    12/16/08

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    What else can be said that already hasn't been said? This is a sad day in the games industry.
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    Image of KaneRobot KaneRobot
    12/16/08

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    Next person to say "shouldn't have made MK vs. DC a T-rated game" deserves a banning for being ignorant.


    This sucks.

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    Image of Sachin Agarwal Sachin Agarwal
    12/16/08

    @KaneRobot: They can still do M rated DLC, and I hope that they do.
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    12/16/08

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    Sorry for all the Austin folk.


    Looks like no MK VS DC 2

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    Image of rabbibert rabbibert
    12/16/08

    @TaggarT6: mk is developed in chicago not austin, plus mk is midways most profitable ip. chances are there wasn't going to be another mk vs dc but if midway survives for a few more years there's probably going to be another mk.
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    12/16/08

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    I feel sorry for the people who lost their jobs so close to Christmas... really sad


    Hope you guys find jobs quickly...

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    12/16/08

    @SansSanity:


    Yeah, that really sucks to lose your job around this time of the year.

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