320 Nintendo of Europe Staff Get Cut this Month

Nintendo has confirmed further loss of jobs in Germany this week, with around 320 employees affected.

The move, which also includes 130 staff as reported in June, will now see an additional 190 employees getting cut, who worked as part of a leased localisation department. This particular team were working at Nintendo on a temporary basis, but according to Kotaku, many had been working for years.

The decision is to "better enable the European business to adapt to the rapidly changing business environment," said Nintendo in a statement.

Nintendo of Europe will now outsource future translation and testing activities to third-party companies.

The 320 staff members at Nintendo have been employed up until 31st August 2014.

Our thoughts go out to those affected by the move, including some members of Cubed3 who are working for Nintendo of Europe.