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n-Space: Down, But Not Out

By james_fudge

Florida-based independent developer n-Space is going through a rough patch, but the company's CEO says that the company is  is veing affected by the current state of the economy, the Wii and DS games market, and the belt tightening that small studios have to deal with on a regular basis. On Friday, when reports surfaced that the company was forced to lay off between 70 - 90 employees and could be closing its doors, the company's CEO took to the n-Space blog to quell alarmists that the studio was closing.

CEO Dan O'Leary said that the layoffs were inevitable and called the games industry's current state a "mess." However, he also said that those affected by layoffs could be back to work soon; some deals are in negotiation and could come to fruition by week's end.

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on October 11, 2010 (boomark / email).