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NC West mothballs European office
jinxit
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NC West mothballs European office
NCsoft has made around 70 staff redundant at the Brighton office of NC West, following a similar cull last year when in-house development was halted.
The details of the cuts have yet to be confirmed by the company as yet, but it is thought that staff were informed this morning. It is believed only a handful of posts will remain in the Brighton office. NCsoft Europe exec Geoff Heath would not comment on the matter when contacted by GamesIndustry.biz.
The formation of NC West was announced last September in a bid to make the company's activities outside of Korea more profitable under one banner, and combined the US and European activities in a single entity.
Around 70 posts were lost then as the impact of failed Richard Garriott MMO Tabula Rasa hit the company's profits significantly.
It is not yet known if NC West in North America is affected by similar cuts to headcount.
Edit: Article was taken down.
New article now up www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/nc-west-cuts-dow-european-office
Comments
Wow, that doesn't spell much good for Aion.
Aeon is very safe, all support, community relations and general day to day European stuff will be governed from NC wests Seattle office.
wow, already the doom sayers have arrived.
um, hello? Auto Assault shut down last year, Tabula Rasa is about to shut down soon, its only natural some people are let off.
No more NC Europe..? Lets hope that all prices will be calculated in US$ again