+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted January 24, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted January 24, 2009 Sorry to keep hitting you with these bad news stories. Maybe things will get happier next week. But today, things are bleak, with news now that Microsoft's Gamerscore blog team have been laid off.We heard last week that the blog had been shut down, but there was always the chance that was simply part of a public relations realignment, and the team would be relocated and put to work on something else. Turns out, no, as part of Microsoft's mass layoffs the entire crew are now out of a job. The news comes from the Twitter account of former GamerScore boss Chris Paladino, where there's a saddening play-by-play of the day's events. Source: http://kotaku.com/5137575/gamerscore-blog-...crosoft-layoffs Who or what was Gamerscore blog? Don't think I've ever used or visited the site... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Never heard of it :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy0 Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 +1 for never having even heard of it. Plenty of lay-off's happening recently though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynnoj Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 If I remember correctly, it was a blog ran and maintained by Xbox Live and Games for Windows employees. Similar format to that of Major Nelson - inside scoop direct from Microsoft. Pretty sure they had a podcast too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I've heard of it, but never paid too much attention as Major Nelson/his UK counterpart covers as much of the insider stories as I care about. They had some gamer picture packs released on the Marketplace, had a podcast (iTunes link) and had backstage access to events like E3. Not that much of a loss for the majority of 360 gamers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted January 25, 2009 Veteran Share Posted January 25, 2009 (edited) You guys never heard of it? Wtf, I used it a lot of times in my news posting. nm, just read this news post properly. Pretty crap they weren't repositioned in the end. Edited January 25, 2009 by DrunknMunky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Veteran Posted January 25, 2009 Veteran Share Posted January 25, 2009 They shouldn't have employees that just blog anyway. The blogs should be written by the actual team members that are doing the work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted January 25, 2009 Veteran Share Posted January 25, 2009 They are the employees doing the work....They do the blog on the side, just like Major Nelson does with his site. They worked on PR and community features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted January 25, 2009 Veteran Share Posted January 25, 2009 I had seen it a few times round here, probably in Munkys posts. So many jobs going :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kushan Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 I only ever read it when trying to find out more info on the NXE. Other than that, they never really posted anything of interest =S Still, sucks they are out of a job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanManIt Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I've never really heard of it either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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