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Send to email | Spacetime lets half its staff go, Blackstar still needs publisher in blackstarspacetimespacetime-studios | By Alexander Sliwinski el 07-Aug-2008 | Filed under: Culture, Business
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Spacetime Studios posted some sad news last week, announcing that it was letting half its staff go. The company has been self-funded while it sought a publishing deal for Blackstar, its sci-fi MMO space/ground action game. The company says it is scaling down from 32 to 16 employees while it tries to get a prototype and a publisher lined up. If you're a studio looking for good talent, Spacetime has urged you to contact them.
The developer has been going through a rough patch since NCSoft decided not to be Blackstar's publisher back in January. For a basic idea of what the gameplay looked like at GDC, check out the video after the break.Continue reading Spacetime lets half its staff go, Blackstar still needs publisher Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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