NCSoft West is laying off 20% of its staff.
NCSoft West is laying off 20% of its staff.
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NCSoft West lays off 20% of its staff and CEO departs

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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NCSoft West laid off 20% of its staff on Wednesday, and its CEO Jeff Anderson has parted ways with the company.

A company spokesperson confirmed that the layoffs happened in a statement, but declined to say how many people lost their jobs.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.