Possible Layoffs at NCsoft Austin

Yesterday rumors started flying around about the possible layoff of many of the Developers in NCsoft's Austin Studio.

NCsoft Austin, home to the Richard Garriott-lead title Tabula Rasa and the free-to-play romp Dungeon Runners, may be in a precarious position today.

The rumor posted at Massively and Joystick appeared to be just that until you examine news from the Korean Times from a few months ago.

The company's chief financial officer Lee Jae-ho said last week that it was inevitable to reduce staff levels at the Texas subsidiary as the "Tabula Rasa" game has proven to be a financial disaster. Lee, however, said the project's leaders will keep their positions.

Then this morning, a quick scouring of some sites leads us to our old friend and NCsoft Dev Scott "Lum" Jennings who posted this to his Twitter page:

is no longer at NCsoft.

While we don't actually have any details to share of an "official" nature at this time. It does appear that at least some of the rumors are true. If not highly coincidental.