1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comGreg Tito Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/gregtito/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="XfoRoCRT01"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/thq-lays-off-30-at-homefront-and-red-faction-devs/">THQ Lays Off 30 at <i>Homefront</i> and <i>Red Faction</i> Devs</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/thq-lays-off-30-at-homefront-and-red-faction-devs/embed/#?secret=XfoRoCRT01" width="600" height="338" title="“THQ Lays Off 30 at <i>Homefront</i> and <i>Red Faction</i> Devs” — The Escapist" data-secret="XfoRoCRT01" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> THQ confirmed that 30 people from Volition and Kaos Studios no longer have jobs. Volition, based in Champaign, Ill, is known for the Red Faction and Saints Row series of games. 16 people from Volition – out of the 200 employed in total there – were asked to leave, while 17 staff from Kaos Studies were let go effective March 29th. Homefront released just last month to generally decent sales, but the numbers apparently weren’t enough to keep the company from downsizing. I’m glad that THQ has made it clear that it will try to provide for the departing employees […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/50/50339.jpg