Gamasutra has word that Perpetual is having some problems. So much so, in fact, that they’ve had to drop thirty-five employees.

As we achieve this major development milestone, a number of content production roles come to an end. The Gods & Heroes team remains over 80 talented people strong as we enter the final phase prior to launch — play-testing and tuning to deliver the highest quality game possible … Perpetual remains 100% committed to shipping a fantastic Gods & Heroes game and to continuing development of the much-anticipated Star Trek Online.” 

Hey, that’s awesome, guys, and I’m sure the game’ll be great. But umm … why did you have to cut those content production roles 10 days before Christmas? I’m just sayin’.