Codemasters has responded to an unnamed IGN source stating that the company "will soon close the (North American) subsidiary down." The fact is, according to the company, that this is untrue.
"The US office remains open and operational" it will "not ’soon close", the company said this morning.
A spokesman for the DiRT and Overlord games told MCV, "As many organizations have in the past year, Codemasters has reassessed the scale of its North American office and is returning to a core sales and publishing operation that will receive significant support from our distribution partners."
For its part, IGN's anonymous mole, sound very much like somebody outside of Codemasters, had told the outlet, "They got a lot of money injected into the company a few years back and had some big plans to open up the U.S. office, but it didn't really work out like they wanted it to with the games over here. They had good intentions with titles like Rise of the Argonauts -- just not the right teams."
Despite IGN styling its source as 'an insider', the constant use of "they" would suggest that this single source from outside the company may be speculating. He or she finished, "Now they're just going back to focusing on their internal studio."
Codies closed out its comments as follows, "In light of this restructure, six staff have been let go from the US commercial team, three from marketing; we recognise and thank them for their efforts during the past year. Codemasters’ office in Burbank CA remains operational under the management of Bill West and we look forward to a focussed relationship with our distribution and marketing partners going forward."
Let's hope that the legendary UK publisher and developer doesn't find itself talked out of the USA by one source.
Sources: MCV, IGN
"The US office remains open and operational" it will "not ’soon close", the company said this morning.
A spokesman for the DiRT and Overlord games told MCV, "As many organizations have in the past year, Codemasters has reassessed the scale of its North American office and is returning to a core sales and publishing operation that will receive significant support from our distribution partners."
For its part, IGN's anonymous mole, sound very much like somebody outside of Codemasters, had told the outlet, "They got a lot of money injected into the company a few years back and had some big plans to open up the U.S. office, but it didn't really work out like they wanted it to with the games over here. They had good intentions with titles like Rise of the Argonauts -- just not the right teams."
Despite IGN styling its source as 'an insider', the constant use of "they" would suggest that this single source from outside the company may be speculating. He or she finished, "Now they're just going back to focusing on their internal studio."
Codies closed out its comments as follows, "In light of this restructure, six staff have been let go from the US commercial team, three from marketing; we recognise and thank them for their efforts during the past year. Codemasters’ office in Burbank CA remains operational under the management of Bill West and we look forward to a focussed relationship with our distribution and marketing partners going forward."
Let's hope that the legendary UK publisher and developer doesn't find itself talked out of the USA by one source.
Sources: MCV, IGN
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