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High Moon Studios’ Deadpool Team Laid Off

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There’s some potentially awesome video games hitting shelves this year based on comic books, Deadpool being one of them. With the game now complete that means the team behind it, High Moon Studios, has been laid off. Activision has told Kotaku:

Activision Publishing consistently works to align its costs with its revenues – this is an ongoing process. With the completion of development on Deadpool, we are taking a reduction in staff at High Moon Studios to better align our development talent against our slate. Approximately, 40 full-time employees will be impacted globally. We are offering those employees who are impacted outplacement counseling services.

This is pretty standard for the video game industry. Doesn’t mean it sucks any less.

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IDW Announces New Transformers Digital Miniseries!

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[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Image]IDW Publishing, Hasbro, Activision, and High Moon Studios are thrilled to welcome the launch of the new digital comic series: Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. Announced at Comic-Con International San Diego last month, and out now, this new series will offer fans an exclusive look at the story that precedes the new video game.

In the days leading up to the events of Activision and High Moon Studios’ Transformers: Fall of Cybertron video game, we see the origin of the Dinobots as they encounter a secret Decepticon plot and take on a slew of enemies including Shockwave and the Insecticons.

Don’t miss the prequel to the much-anticipated videogame, written by John Barber with art by Dheeraj Verma. Issues #2-5 will also include exclusive preview pages from Transformers: The Art Of The Fall Of Cybertron, coming soon from IDW!

The series will run for six digital-only installments on a bi-weekly schedule, and will be available all digital platforms including Apple iOS, Android, and online.

TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON ($0.99, 8 pages; full color) will be available in August in IDW’s Apple iPad™, iPhone® and iPod touch®, apps – Transformers Comics and IDW Comics, and on the Web at read.idwpublishing.com. The series will also be featured in the Comics by comiXology platform for iOS, Android, Web and Kindle Fire, and Comics + by iVerse.

TRANSFORMERS PRIME – RAGE OF THE DINOBOTS #1 ($3.99, 32 pages; full color) will be available in November 2012.