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Article: Vivendi Universal Games Lays Off Workers
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- June 22, 2004
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AP Online
06-22-2004
Dateline: LOS ANGELES
Riddick gets a recharge from a health station in this image from "The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay," a new video game from Vivendi Universal for the Xbox. (AP Photo/Courtesy Vivendi Universal)
Vivendi Universal Games has laid off 350 staffers, or 39 percent of its total North American work force, as part of a turnaround plan to reduce costs and position the company for growth, the company said Monday.
The cuts included about 180 employees in the Los Angeles area, 110 at the company's Sierra Entertainment division in Bellevue, Wash. and workers at a game development studio in Boston.
The reductions did not include the company's ...