Carbine Studios, Inc. was a video game developer and subsidiary of NCSoft, founded in 2005 by former members of Blizzard Entertainment. They were the developers of the online role-playing game WildStar.
History
In the spring of 2005, Kevin Beardslee, the lead animator of World of Warcraft, resigned alongside nine of the game's developers, citing displeasure with low bonuses from Blizzard Entertainment despite the game's success.[1] When acquired by NCSoft in 2007, the studio had recruited another seven Blizzard employees, as well as developers from other studios.[2]
In March 2016, NCSoft announced a reorganization with Polygon reporting that more than 70 Carbine employees were laid off, roughly 40% of the studio's staff.[3]