Max Payne 3 developer Rockstar Vancouver closing its doors

Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar Games announced some major changes to its Canadian game studios: Namely, that it's dissolved Rockstar Vancouver, the lead studio behind Max Payne 3, to refocus its efforts on another Canadian studio, Rockstar Toronto.

[DaThreats]

So
Max Payne 3 was a Failure to 2K
;(
And they had made the game Bully as well!

[PockyKing]

No, this is a misleading title, the doors are closing and the studio is being merged in Ontario with the Toronto studio, with all the developers at this studio being offered jobs there.

[LonelyAngel]

It still doesn't make it easy for the people working there... it is on the other side of a very large country. I'm sure that while some people will move with the company, others have roots in Vancouver that they cannot break.

[SilentNegotiator]

Lonely Angel is so right. If your Californian boss said, "Hey, we're moving to Chicago! Pack your bags!"....a lot of your co-workers would go....."uhh....what?" ;.

It's not that simple for everyone. Friends, family, community, environment....to ask someone to give that all up for the same pay a thousand miles or two away...

[Army_of_Darkness]

ya it could be very difficult for people to relocate..
But fuck it, I would do it! cause there is no way in hell i would give up a position at rockstar!!
also, I live in Toronto, so whoop whoop!

[PockyKing]

@LonelyAngel,

Of course it won't be easy, I'm sure most of those employees's families are there etc. But if the job pays well and game development is your passion, I wouldn't want to lose that job.

[nrvalleytime]

Horribly sad day. Vancouver Rockstar was maybe the best studio the company had - hope all these people are able to find work elsewhere.

[GillHarrison]

They were offered to move to the recently built, larger occupancy building to house Rockstar Toronto.

[Pandamobile]

Still, uprooting an entire studio sucks ass.

They can either lose their job, or move 3000 KM away to a new city.

[PS3Freak]

They are faced with a difficult decision.

Lose their job and stay in Vancouver to look for other work.

OR

Move to Toronto *shudders* and keep their job.

Vancouver - Toronto is such a massive downgrade.

[TronEOL]

@PS3Freak
You got that right. Most beautiful city in the world to cement jungle.

Not to mention they most likely have family there, and I doubt they're going to want to move from the far West Coast to the East Coast.

[cool cole]

@PS3Freak

Yeah, and not to mention the Maple Leafs suck where as the Canucks are actually good.

[ThatsGaming]

Or they could join Microsoft or EA Vancouver.

[Hufandpuf]

They are relocating and expanding the team, not firing them. Max Payne 3 was a success.

[GuyManDude]

True, but the distance between the two is nearly the equivalent of moving from LA to NY. Not an ideal situation to be in.

It could be worse though: their studio could have been moved to the US.

[Whitefeather]

They were such a success that they are merging them in a bigger building and they are hiring even more people!

[user7792788]

I hate people who put misleading titles

[xursz]

You can say that again.

[user7792788]

I hate people who put misleading titles

[VanillaBear]

So im guessing we could see Max Payne back with Remedy.......

If the team is bigger now I wonder if they'll start Bully 2

[Soldierone]

Thats pretty cool. Forming an even bigger team. Yeah couldn't care less about the negative spin on it.

So they have to move to a crappier city....so what. Alot of the jobs here are in or around LA, and facing facts LA isn't all that nice when you have San Diego below it and SF above it......

[DarkBlood]

lol hey thats not nice :p im an hour away by train to toronto its cool

[Soldierone]

I'm not afraid to admit my city isn't as nice as ones around it lol....

Didn't mean to offend anyone.

[DarkBlood]

hey its all good soldier, its all about the advertisement, i probably wouldnt think some places in united states were awsome if it wasnt for that

know what i mean?

[SJPFTW]

Toronto is a much better city anyway

[ShaunCameron]

LOL.

And you have only Montreal to thank.

[BattleTorn]

*glares*

[310dodo]

sucks when people lose their jobs.
hopefully they saved some cash and will bounce back
if thats the case

[omi25p]

No one is losing their job. They are moving

[FATAL1TY]

Max Payne 1-2 > max payne 3

[eliteslaya13]

That's unfortunate, I really enjoyed Max Payne 3 /:

[ZBlacktt]

MP3 was like watching a movie and playing little parts in it.

[SageHonor]

Guys read the damn article. The team is simply merging.....

[codename13]

That douchebag knows nothing how to write title of a news.

The title should be like this
"Rockstar expands its Toronto operations"
http://www.gamespot.com/new...

[DiRtY]

MGS in Vancouver is hiring.

http://www.microsoft-career...

MGS in Victoria as well

http://www.microsoft-career...

Hope those guys land on their feet.

[majiebeast]

Yeah cause microsoft never shuts studios down...

[DiRtY]

Everybody does when they have to. Ask Zipper and BigBig.

And why people are disagreeing is beyond me. Well done N4G, well done.

[wAnxTa]

Not even Remedy could've done Max Payne 3 like Rockstar did!

[VanillaBear]

Yeah they would of made it 10 times better, where it actually feels like a Max Payne game

[tompoulo]

They did such an amazing job with Max Payne 3 and with that amazing experience they created in mind, it's hard not to be sad about the news :(

[Th3 Chr0nic]

Is the just built a larger space for the team then this was probably a planned move and everyone involved knew it was coming.

[Sugreev2001]

Misleading Title.They're moving into a new location and retaining almost all developers from the company to form a much larger studio.Rockstar Vancouver is merging with Rockstar Toronto.Max Payne 3 is a pretty decent success commercially as well.

[Tzunoy]

upgradable and customizable weapons, some body armor modifications etc could've been an improvement in max payne 3 and maybe enough to boost his success a little more.

[honkayjeezus]

Probably because the only people in gaming who knew Max Payne 3 wasn't that good was Rockstar.

[Xx-ADITYA-xX]

Thank GOD.

[TENTONGUN]

to work for rockstar my ass would leave the country. rockstar is quality shit, would love to work for them imo

[DarkBlood]

o.o wait a minute they have a studio in toronto and i live in oshawa hmmmmmmmm *goes to the train immedietly and pretends to have a resident evil zero adventure while getting there*

[George Sears]

This is obviously not something that happened all of a sudden. These employees have known about this for a while now. You can't just say "Hey, we're leaving tomorrow, pack your stuff".

Whoever can go will go and work over there. Whoever can't have probably been lookin for another place for employment for a while now.

[hiredhelp]

I finished this game sunday i watched the credits i stopped couting after 8 rockstar studios having a hand making this game WOW very nice.