Elite: Dangerous Developer Frontier Hit with Layoffs - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 27 January 2015 / 2,889 Views
Elite: Dangerous developer Frontier has laid off 15 out of 281 employees at its Cambridge studio, as the studio moves employees from Nova Scotia to the UK.
"With its business emphasis now on two major self-published franchises, Elite: Dangerous and Coaster Park Tycoon, Frontier is re-focusing its development activities in Cambridge where the expertise in these franchises lies," read a post on the developers website. "Development roles are being moved from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Cambridge, and the overall staffing mix will be changed to match the needs of these two projects."
"15 content creation roles have been made redundant in Cambridge (from 281 total headcount), while Frontier continues to recruit in areas such as game and technology programming, server and web front end development."
There might be more layoffs incoming as the studio isn't sure how many people will be relocated from Nova Scotia to the UK.
"We're moving development from Halifax to Cambridge, but we don't yet know which or how many of the team members will choose to relocate," CEO David Braben told GamesIndustry.
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