Harmonix sees staff cuts

Harmonix and their owners MTV Games have announced that the developer will see a 13 per cent cut in staff (39 people). Meanwhile it was announced that their latest game The Beatles: Rock Band has reached a million copies in sales.

MTV Games issued the following statement to Gamasutra:

"We can confirm that 39 positions were eliminated today at Harmonix as part of re-structuring to better align our staffing to best suit our product development plans and schedules moving forward. Those affected were primarily in QA. The others affected ranged from administrative to other various roles within the company."