Obsidian Entertainment Company reduced its staff by eliminating some of its projects. It is reported portal Joystiq, with reference to the official forum .
The decision to reduce the number of employees was adopted by the third week of March 2012. According to various sources, have lost their jobs from 20 to 30 people.Among them were, and developers engaged in role-playing game on the South Park RPG based on the animated series "South Park."
Also, due to layoffs Obsidian company was forced to close the project, which was developed for the next generation consoles. One of the former employees wrote in his microblog Twitter : "Colleagues Obsidian, who lost their jobs ... Sometimes I am lucky, and sometimes - on the contrary. Your talent will help you in the future!" Guide Obsidiandeclined to comment, saying it does not provide information about the status of your state.
Obsidian Entertainment - American video game development studio, founded in 2003, originally from Black Isle Studios. It is mainly engaged in the creation of role-playing games for various platforms. First released game studio became Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2, which appeared on the PC and Xbox in February 2005. Obsidianis also responsible for the development of Neverwinter Nights 2 , Alpha Protocol and Fallout: New Vegas . Currently the studio busy working on a game based on fantasy novels by Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time.
