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The saga of UTV Ignition Entertainment continues. The game publishing arm of India's UTV has announced that it has decided to consoldate its US operations to one single location in Austin, Texas. It's apparently in the same office location that's also being used by the free-to-play game publisher UTV True Games. The company said today the move was made to "better combine resources and become more efficient and streamlined."

That means the company's publishing offices in Glendale, California will be moved to Austin while its Florida-based internal development studio will also be moved to Austin. The press release said that the studios long-in-development console first person shooter Reich is in fact still in development and will continue to be made in Austin. The press release said Reich's development wil be lead by "key personnel" and will seek new team members that "will create a new internal development team."

Update: Gamesindustry.biz reports that the CEO of Ignition Entertainment, Vijhay Chadha, was "terminated" last week