Just one day after announcing earnings for the second quarter of this year NCsoft has announced layoffs in their Austin studios. Director of Public Relations David Swofford gave us this statement:

We are announcing that 21 positions are being eliminated in the Austin office of NCsoft in the area of product development. Primarily this is related to products which we have not previously announced and were in prototype phases. We are also cutting some positions on the Dungeon Runners team after deciding not to port the client to other platforms at this time.

No response to questions regarding Tabula Rasa and the future of Dungeon Runners. Keep in mind that of the 18 people working on Dungeon Runners, 13 of them were let go.

Also let go was Scott Jennings , who will now be working with John Galt Games on WebWars , a non-MMO project based on the EVE intellectual property.

Rumors have been flying that the Austin studio is not long for this world, but little facts other then today's layoffs have come to light.

Our thoughts go out to those who are left without jobs, and we wish the entire NCsoft Austin team the best of luck, whether they be moving on or, hopefully, sticking around.