Socoom 4 developer "Zipper" was hit today with layoffs, most of the important  positions like lead designer and programmer

Word is spreading here in Seattle that Zipper has been hit really hard tonight with layoffs or perhaps worse.

Light on real details, but lots of twitter talk and some people updating linkedin.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=430667

that happends when you destroy a franchise like socom..

noo handguns? realy!

Gotta be honest Zipper has been very poor this gen. Both MAG and Socom 4 are pretty awful imo and Zipper has become Sony's worst big 1st party studio.

Though my heart does go out to those who have been fired and I hope they can quickly find new work to support their families.

MAG was atrocious and Socom 4 is decent but makes me scratch my head at times wondering why they did certain things.

Both have terrible production values and menus.

Hopefully this makes Zipper a stronger developer

MAG was a really fun game one of my favorite multiplayers for ps3. Layoffs always suck no matter what your job is.

Don't know what you mean, but I loved MAG. Haven't played any Socom, so I can't comment on that. MAG was totally underated. Most people were just baffled by the 256-player maps and expected a hardcore shooter, when it's actually a decent casual shooter.

I'm sad to see this. 

ouch

Too many shooters in the market perhaps?

MAG had an great concept and poor execution but the concept was just over the line it was still fun to play but could of been better executed. 

From what i heard Socom 4 is plain bad compared to past socoms. 

Zipper needs to create an few IP or do an better MAG 2 and leave Socom at bay for at least 6 years before revieving it. 

MAG was pretty decent... if you haven't played any other FPS ever. 

I played the Socom beta and quit playing after 4 mins.

I mean, it was predictable that this would happen soon or later.