Tag Archives: job loss
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 23:33 GMT
Kotick: UK tax break u-turn was a “terrible mistake”
Reacting to the UK’s 2010 emergency budget, which scrapped incoming tax relief schemes for the games industry, Activision Blizzard has reportedly warned it may pull 600 jobs out of Britain.
Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | 16:56 GMT
NCsoft cuts 70 staff at Brighton office [UPDATE]
According to this GI report, NCsoft has cut 70 jobs over at the NCWest office in Brighton, UK.
While a similar situation happened last year after in-house development was shut down, details regarding this round of job losses have not been confirmed by the company as yet.
Managing Director Geoff Heath has refused to comment.
UPDATE: GamesIndustry just confirmed that 55 people were let go, but that 30 jobs were saved.
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