007 Legends developer Eurocom has shut its doors, laying off all remaining staff and ceasing development. The news comes after Eurocom let go of 150 developers last month, aiming to restructure and focus on mobile games. It appears that plan fell through, as the developer has now ceased development altogether and let go of its remaining staff.
“The Administrator and the company's directors have been negotiating with customers surrounding new contracts to develop console games, however these contracts could not be secured in time and due to insufficient funds to pay outstanding wages, Eurocom today entered Administration,” Eurocom said in a statement to Eurogamer. “As a result, the remaining 42 employees have been made redundant today and the business has ceased to trade after some 25 years, having grown organically to become one of the largest and most prolific independent console games developers worldwide.”
"The Directors of Eurocom would like to offer their heartfelt thanks to all their staff that have been made redundant at this difficult time, and show their appreciation of all of their hard work in consistently delivering exceptional games,” the statement concludes.
Eurocom has been around since 1988, working on titles including the 2010’s Goldeneye 007, Dead Space: Extraction, Harry Potter for Kinect and, most recently, 007 Legends. IGN wishes the best of luck to anyone affected by today’s news.
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Source : ign[dot]com
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