TERA Publisher En Masse Entertainment Hit With Layoffs

In a statement sent to MMORPG.com, En Masse Entertainment confirmed rumors that it has laid off a number of employees. The exact count is unknown at this time.

The statement sent to MMORPG.com is as follows.

The gaming industry is a fast moving, ever evolving and changing business, which requires companies to occasionally reassess and realign to serve the needs of the business and its community. En Masse found itself in this situation, and staff reductions were part of the shift, in late March, to better position the company for the future. We're deeply sad about having to let some of our staff go, and will do our best to help them move on.  We will continue our presence as a Western publisher and support our games including TERA and the upcoming Battleplans, a unique RTS hybrid which will serve as the company’s first cross platform project.

TERA launched in the West in 2011 and has been faced with increasingly fierce competition as the years have passed. En Masse's other titles—such as Zombies Monsters Robots—have not seen the same levels of success that TERA has.

It's always unfortunate when the restructuring of a company results in layoffs and we hope that the layoffs are not a sign of what's to come for the company. We wish those affected the best of luck in their future endeavors.