Perhaps you’ve read some articles about layoffs at Volition. Well, while we are sad that we’ll soon be saying goodbye to a bunch of people we’ve been working with, there are no layoffs at Volition. There are layoffs at THQ’s QA facility in Champaign which, among other things, is testing Red Faction Guerrilla. Shortly after the completion of testing on RFG, the gradual closure of the QA facility here will begin. We’re very sorry to see this happen because they are our friends and they are great testers and they have made a big contribution to our games.
As unfortunate as that is, it won’t have any effect on RFG. And, happily, sixteen of those testers will be moving over to Volition to help us on some unannounced projects and form the core test teams on our future games. All laid-off employees will be given at least sixty days’ notice and we will do what we can to assist them in finding work in the community or elsewhere in THQ.
Our local paper has an article with more information.
So, there are no layoffs at Volition. In fact, we have a couple of openings. Check out our jobs page if you’re interested. And check out RFG at the RFG Community site.
