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NCsoft plans to expand, not contract, Austin offices


Last week MMO publisher NCsoft announced restructuring plans that would move its US headquarters from its current Austin, Texas base to Seattle, Washington (the home of its Guild Wars developer ArenaNet) under the new name NCsoft West. Many people assumed that the Austin, Texas offices would be cut significantly. However, company president David Reid says that they have plans to actually expand the 250 member Austin offices.

In a new chat with Edge Online Reid states, "We really do believe that Austin is going to grow at a fairly dramatic pace over the next few years." Currently the offices hold the Tabula Rasa development team along with QA and customer support personnel. Reid states that Austin will grow thanks to upcoming launches of their fantasy MMO Aion in the US along with other unnamed projects. Tabula Rasa has been rumored for months to be shut down due to reported poor sales but Reid stated the game is still going strong, although he declined to give subscription numbers.

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