SOE Closes Three Studios : Star Wars Galaxies Discussions

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Citizens of the Galaxies,

We wanted to bring this information to you here, rather than having you read about it elsewhere. The SWG player community is one of our most passionate and engaged audiences. Supportive and always offering constructive feedback, players and Senators have helped guide and improve this game over seven full years. Star Wars: Galaxies will continue to be supported this year, and you can look forward to a Producer’s Letter from Teesquared early next week with more information about what lies ahead for the Galaxies in 2011.

~Linda “Brasse” Carlson

Director, Global Community Relations

Following is the official notice that you may see on other sites:

As part of a strategic decision to reduce costs and streamline its global workforce, SOE announced today that it will eliminate 205 positions and close its Denver, Seattle and Tucson studios. As part of this restructuring, SOE is discontinuing production of The Agency so it can focus development resources on delivering two new MMOs based on its renowned PlanetSide and EverQuest properties, while also maintaining its current portfolio of online games. All possible steps are being taken to ensure team members affected by the transition are treated with appropriate concern.

This strategic decision will have no impact on SOE’s current portfolio of live games; additionally SOE will transition development efforts for the Denver and Tucson studios’ suite of products to its San Diego headquarters. This strategic alignment of development resources better positions SOE to remain a global leader in online gaming and deliver on its promise of creating entertaining games for players of all ages, and servicing the 20 million players that visited SOE servers in just the past year.

Not surprised really.

As long as it isn't the Austin studio, SWG doesn't really have anything to worry about.

The TCG team is in Denver, though.

Thank god, no more annoying TCG expansion packs.

I'm sure they are just moving those Devs to some other place. The TCG made them far to much money to stop it.

This. I doubt they'd get rid of it.

TCG is a money maker. Getting rid of it would be stupid.

like swg

I just heard since they closed the Denver studio (where TCG was based), there are no more TCG tournaments.

I would be surprised if it would make no more tcg tourneys. Seems like tourneys are easy to do and they can always outsource the work for everything else.