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Further redundancies at NCSoft?

By on February 11, 2009

We’re picking up rumours about layoffs at NCSoft in Brighton. It’s unclear if it is simply the result of the restructuring announced in September last year, which put 60 development jobs “at risk”, or it is something new. Update when we get it.

UPDATE: Gamesindustry.biz has confirmed that 70 jobs are going from NCSoft Europe, in addition to the 60 or so who were let go last year as the failure of Tabula Rasa became apparent. Gi.biz suggest that only a handful of staff will be left in the Brighton office.

We understand that there has been a tussle between Europe and the US over the formation of NCWest, NCSoft’s attempt to combine all of its non-Asian activities under a single banner. Looks like the US won.

The loss of 70 jobs at NCSoft is added to the Job Loss Tracker.

About Nicholas Lovell

Nicholas is the founder of Gamesbrief, a blog dedicated to the business of games. It aims to be informative, authoritative and above all helpful to developers grappling with business strategy. He is the author of a growing list of books about making money in the games industry and other digital media, including How to Publish a Game and Design Rules for Free-to-Play Games, and Penguin-published title The Curve: thecurveonline.com