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Gears of War: E-Day story director Juan Vaca laid off days before launch

Social media reacts to the timing of the cuts

Commenters online noted the harshness of laying off Vaca four days after his gold celebration and firing Daniels a day after his promotion.

Social media reacts to the timing of the cuts
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“Just 4 days after Gears of War E-Day's story director celebrated the game going gold, he's been laid off by #Xbox. While the cinematic director at Halo Studios was promoted yesterday, only to be fired today. Harsh is an understatement.”

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Juan Vaca Story director, The Coalition (Gears of War: E-Day)Josh Daniels Cinematic director, Halo StudiosMicrosoft Xbox parent companyThe Coalition Developer of Gears of War: E-DayActivision Taking charge of Halo's future development

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