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News from http://www.rpgwatch.com/?rwsiteid=2 Joystiq have a tip from a reliable source that NCsoft Austin are laying off 90 of their development staff (that's all of them). Hot on the heels of news that Midway would be laying off approximately 90 employees from its Austin location comes a tip from a reliable source that NCsoft Austin (a.k.a. NCsoft North America) is on the verge of eliminating all of its development staff. The studio is currently home to the teams behind Tabula Rasa and Dungeon Runners, the latter of which will "be closed," according to our source. We've been told that only customer support staff will continue to operate out of the branch. Future development of Tabula Rasa will reportedly be handed over to Seattle-based Guild Wars creator Arena.net, with Massively reporting that the title may meet a similar fate as Dungeon Runners if it "fails to turn the tide of subscribers and expectations." It has also learned that any future collaboration between NCsoft and Tabula Rasa principals Richard and Robert Garriot will be "limited in scope," due to a souring of relations with the Korean management team over their title's lackluster performance. Ncsoft is founded in 1997 in Korea. Its history indeed is the history of online game of Korea. Most of the games they explore and operate such as Aion, Lineage, Lineage 2, Tabula Rasa, Dungeon Runners, Exteel, Smash Star, City of Heroes and Soccer Fury, are well known all over the world. Now their laying off their development staff infers that nowadays online game compete becomes worldwide and fierce. Like Blizzard which operates world famous online game World of Warcraft, Ncsoft need a world popular game support, not a flash in a pan like Lineage. |
