Their offices in Burbank, California remain ”operational” and led by Bill West. They’re returning it to a ”core sales and publishing operation”.
It was an IGN source that said Codemasters will ”soon close the subsidiary down”, and had let go a “marketing team of about ten people”, reported IGN.
”They got a lot of money injected into the company a few years back and had some big plans to open up the US office, but it didn’t really work out like they wanted it to with the games over here. They had good intentions with titles like Rise of the Argonauts — just not the right teams,” continued the source.
Codemasters say this is all wrong, affirming that the US offices will remain active. ”As many organizations have in the past year, Codemasters has reassessed the scale of its North American office and is returning to a core sales and publishing operation that will receive significant support from our distribution partners,” Codies told VG247.
”In light of this restructure, six staff have been let go from the US commercial team, three from marketing; we recognise and thank them for their efforts during the past year.”
”Codemasters’ office in Burbank CA remains operational under the management of Bill West and we look forward to a focussed relationship with our distribution and marketing partners going forward,” added the company statement.
There you go, Codemasters won’t be losing their fancy office in Burbank, CA.
