Beautiful Games Studios sees headcount slashed

By Nicholas Lovell on November 26, 2009

Eighty per cent of posts at Champ Man developer Beautiful Games Studios will be cut or transferred to China, according to Gi.biz.

Roy Meredith will continue to head the studio, and the Championship Manager brand will still be managed out of London.

Beautiful Games Studios is part of Eidos, which was acquired earlier this year by Square Enix.

Added to the Job Loss Tracker.

About Nicholas Lovell

Nicholas is the founder of Gamesbrief, a blog dedicated to the business of games. It aims to be informative, authoritative and above all helpful to developers grappling with business strategy. He is the author of a growing list of books about making money in the games industry and other digital media, including How to Publish a Game and Design Rules for Free-to-Play Games, and forthcoming Penguin title The Curve.