Very sad news in the Video games industy.

[Darkslash]

http://kotaku.com/5032443/xbox-developer-dead-in-murder+suicide

News from Redmond Washington is that Melissa Batten, 36, has been killed in a Murder suicide by her Husband

Batten, a Harvard-educated lawyer, was a Software Development Engineer in Test for Microsoft, supporting Rare on its 360 titles work. She had worked for Microsoft since 2002, earning credits in Halo 3 and Gears of War as an SDET. Earlier, as a lawyer, she had been a public defender for the Mecklenburg County (Charlotte, N.C.) Public Defender's Office.

She knew her Husband was a psycho, she knew it was coming but she died in the end.

Sad people die like this

RIP

 

[Moy]

This is horrible. It sucks that things like this happen everyday.

 

[Crimson King]

Where do you live that murder-suicide happens every day?

 

[GreenKirby]

Where do you live that murder-suicide happens every day?

Earth

10whatevas

 

[SkylerOcon]

Crap. Be prepared for another Jack Thompson video game lawsuit.

 

[Darkslash]

Crap. Be prepared for another Jack Thompson video game lawsuit.

I think he got Debarred(is that how you spell it?) Or did he just walk out of the court room?

 

[Crimson King]

Yeah, he lost his license.

 

[OmegaXXII]

a highly skilled engineer only to be murdered by her psycho husband in the end is very, very sad indeed.

 

[Pluvia's other account]

Yeah it's sad. But then again this stuff happens all the time, there's not much you can really say about it.

 

[MidnightAsaph]

That's sad. Just thinking about the moment just before she died is enough to make you feel horrible. It must have been scary for her. RIP.

 

[victra♥]

Wow. It's sad that such an accomplished person died like this. I mean, a Harvard-educated lawyer? D;

 

[Pluvia's other account]

It doesn't matter what her grades were.

 

[victra♥]

It doesn't matter what her grades were.

Yeah, i'm just saying. She worked so hard to get to where she is. :/

 

[Samuelson]

****, this is sad.

 

[AllGoodNamesAreTaken]

Yeah, i'm just saying. She worked so hard to get to where she is. :/

QFT. I don't get why things like this happens sometimes. <_<

RIP..

 

[Darkslash]

She was a Lawyer AND A Game Developer. Quite a feat if you ask me. She also knew that her husband was gonna kill her. Sad really..

 

[K64]

Crap. Be prepared for another Jack Thompson video game lawsuit.

I want him to do that ****** Ray Gun* besides if he does, he's going to lose.

 

[whiteolimar]

Man that is pretty sad she was also pretty young.

 

[MarthBeast]

Dude that sucks