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LucasArts Confirms Layoffs

A "portion" of LucasArts' workforce was laid off yesterday, a company rep has confirmed.

Kotaku broke word of the story yesterday, claiming that up to 80% of the company's internal staff was given the boot. This reportedly ranged from programming staff to entire departments including production services. Now confirmed is the departure of that Peter Hirschmann, vice president of product developer, a decision that was "mutual" within management.
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