The San Francisco-based developer, currently working on both Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising for Sony Online Entertainment and Star Trek Online, saw a large reduction in work staff this week.

According to Gamasutra's anonymous source, the lay offs were due to budget issues, but in an official statement Perpetual prez and co-founder Chris McKibbin explained they were related to "content production roles [coming] to an end."

Gods & Heroes will see a delay to Summer '07, with no word on the status of Star Trek Online. Since the latter hasn't made much of an appearance outside of artwork and bare Enterprise hallways, don't expect to see that any time remotely soon. Michael McWhertor

Report: Perpetual Entertainment Lays Off 35, Delays Gods & Heroes [Gamasutra]

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