In what is not turning out to be a great day for developers, according to sources close to the company, NCSoft will be trimming their European offices by letting 50 people go from their studio in Brighton. An MMOG was reportedly in development at that studio, but the project has now been cancelled, leading to the redundancies.

This follows an announcement a month ago, revealing that 21 developers would be let go from NCsoft’s offices in Austin, while rumours also abound that their latest MMOG, Tabula Rasa would soon be discontinued due to poor subscriber numbers.

NCSoft, the developers of massively multiplayer online games including Lineage, Guild Wars, Tabula Rasa and the upcoming Aion, have had a troubled time trying to compete with World of Warcraft and the burgeoning MMOG market, despite relative success with their Lineage and Guild Wars franchises. While Guild Wars 2 and Lineage III have been announced, no further information has been released.