Ubisoft trims Ghost Recon dev by 38

sad...But its how life goes....I hope they find a job soon...

part of life in these hard times... sad but true...

You go through the grind of actually being good enough to get these jobs and then get laid off for something you had no control over. I hope these guys can get back in the business.

Used too love Red Storm Ent, Clancy should've never sold it off. The original Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six where the best, seem's like Ubi took the franchise downhill to the gutter. Oh well guess us old timers can still remember the good old days of good tactical games.

that's nice that they're given the chance to go to another studio and still guaranteed a job if they so want it in the company

Well at least they are helpnig them work in other studios. It why UbiSoft produces some of the best content

I hope these guys all form a team, and make a game so great that Ubisoft grits their teeth. Not that I don't understand the priorities of a publisher, but I'm so down that these guys have to go through all this crap. Let's hope they get even better places in other teams somewhere else.

i hope this wont screw up the game or make the date get pushed back any farther. i want this game soooo badly

Sad news still the game is going to be great.

This must mean they have completed the Job and now need to get ride of their staff.

@SoetSout: agree, I loved Rainbowsix Vegas 2, and I've been waiting for a sequel or a new entry on Rainbowsix series for a lot of time

i dont like ghost recon at all, so im happy the series might end. but rainbow six was just starting to get promising...

Splinter Cell: Conviction was not a bad game. It didn't get as high a praise as people expected, but it was still a very good game and definitely worth a purchase. http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/tom-clancys-splinter-cell-conviction---deniable-ops-insurgency-pack I've never been a huge Ghost Recon fan, so I don't care to much about this next game in the series. I'm more excited about AC: Brotherhood then anything else from Ubisoft at the moment.

@ Aaron__1127 No the reason splintercell didn't do very well is because it went from being a great stealth game to a mindless 3rd person shooter while it wasn't a bad game it wasn't what most would call a splintercell game

the reason splinter cell wasn't as good as it could have been is because they took to long to release the game which made the engine dated... i hope they don't make the same mistake with this game

I didnt know it was going to be released on every damn console out there.. This might be a lemon.

I have to say, I also would rather be anticipating a new R6 game. I always thought these were funner. But they have to start from scratch and take the setting out of Vegas ( and don't you dare go into Iraq or anywhere in the Mideast--sick of that!). A New York, D.C., and maybe a trip into Moscow would be a killer idea. I love R6 Vegas, but didn't really like the 2nd one as much. So I hope they start over and soon!

the only good ubisoft game i have ever played was Assassin's Creed ll

If they laid off 38 members of the Ghost Recon dev team, I think it's safe to say Ubi Soft doesn't have much faith in the product - otherwise they'd be diverting employees TO the project, not letting them go. They just had a mediocre Splinter Cell game - what exactly is Ubi Softs money-maker these days? Assassins Creed?

People have to remember that Ubisoft are a business, they need to stay afloat. If they need to shuffle around their staff in order to level costs then so be it. At least the workers have a chance of working elsewhere rather than just being fired.

@Spitz6860 I agree completely that would totally suck. I assume they would've had at least some knowledge weeks prior to the event though

While I can think of PLENTY of reasons to bash Ubisoft, this isn't one thing I'll begrudge them over. Even if the laid-off workers get jobs that pay less, they're at least still employed.

@mjc0961 You took the words right out of my mouth.

this is crazy, hey i'm sorry you are fired here but we have a position somewhere in France you wanna give it try?

The game looks great, its to bad the beta never happen this summer

rainbow six rogue spear was the best as well as the first ghost recon and the sum of all fears (not to many people know about this game)

It's too bad about their jobs. On another note, I feel that the original Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon had a certain depth that the new ones are lacking. I was hoping they would bring back that tactical gameplay we experienced in the first few titles but they seem inclined to keep making arcade shooters. Why destroy the thing that set them apart from the crowd? I enjoy arcade shooters as well but they are a dime a dozen.

Poor RedStrom... Been kicked around too much.

lol i liked the vegas games, as cjasko94 said, "terrorist hunt FTW" ! def picking furure soldier up

Sad to hear. It would nice if we could have some information about another R6, but not vegas...anything, but vegas.

Yeah, where's a new Rainbow Six game? The Vegas series had awesome coop. Terrorist Hunt FTW ^^ :D

I haven't played a ghost recon game since summit strike for the original xbox, that was one fun game. I think I'll be skipping this one, too.

That sucks, but I guess when your losing teachers and other necessary personnel, its definitely gonna hit the video game industry

That is too bad to hear. I wish they would have diverted them to work on a new Rainbow Six game since it has been what...2 or 3 years since the last one with no news whatsoever on a new one? Vegas style or old style, I don't care I just want a new Rainbow Six game....

i would like to know when i get the beta

I think Ubisoft probably sees that they aren't going to make a whole lot of money with this game. How can they compete with COD and Halo..... oh and Crysis 2 when it hits PS3 and 360. They can't. They know this. This could be a good game, but not nearly as engaging or addicting as the other 3. I think they are cutting their losses sooner for the better. I have know doubt this game will be good, but it will be forgotten within 2-3 months.......

Sad news, but I still think this game is gonna be awesome.

Those 38 guys were probably janitors anyway. Besides, we need another Rainbow Six (like Rogue Spear or Raven Shield, not another Vegas clone). What do you think Red Storm? Hmm?

I wish they wouldnt keep pushing Ghost Recon back though. the release date has been pushed back twice since the initial release, spanning a whole year, and its really starting to piss me off. And if they just laid off 38 people working on the Ghost Recon, that means its probably going to be pushed back again...

Oh they maybe could have waited till the game came out. Unless these 38 were doing REALLY poorly. But I worry that the quality of the game might be affected by this. Now all the other folks that are there have a mindset of "will it be me next?" maybe not. Still worries me a bit. P.S. Want new Rainbow Six: game, please.

Ahh, poor Ghost Recon, always been a second rate wannabe series since it mimicked Rainbow Six games, and that was back when they made REAL Rainbow Six games, ages ago.

i like this game, i think it is great...

I've been holding out hope that they had another project in the works besides FFS.Woe is me I guess.Woe.Hopefully they find work soon.Preferably back at Red Storm making a title more to my liking.A consumer can dream,can't he?

Sad, but i guess those 38 weren't really needed, as most games that are produced are over staffed anyway...