▁lay offs ▁were ▁mainly ▁of ▁staff ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁World ▁of ▁Dark ness ▁Online . ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 8 ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁C CP ▁Games ▁shut ▁down ▁its ▁San ▁Francisco ▁studio ▁to ▁ref ocus ▁their ▁efforts ▁on ▁E VE ▁Online . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁C FO ▁Joe ▁Gal lo ▁and ▁C MO ▁David ▁Re id ▁res igned . ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁none ▁of ▁C CP ▁Games ' ▁original ▁found ers ▁were ▁still ▁with ▁the ▁company . ▁ ▁On ▁ 3 0 ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁C CP ▁Games ▁announced ▁it ▁would ▁sh utter ▁its ▁Atlanta ▁studio , ▁and ▁sell ▁off ▁its ▁New castle ▁studio , ▁affect ing ▁approximately ▁ 1 0 0 ▁employees . ▁It ▁announced ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁shift ▁its ▁focus ▁from ▁V R ▁development ▁to ▁PC ▁and ▁mobile ▁game ▁development . ▁ ▁Ac quisition ▁by ▁Pear l ▁A by ss ▁( 2 0 1 8 – present ) ▁Pear l ▁A by ss , ▁the ▁South ▁Korean ▁publish er ▁of ▁Black ▁Des ert ▁Online , ▁announced ▁on ▁ 6 ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁agreed ▁to ▁ac quire ▁C CP ▁Games ▁for ▁about ▁. ▁C CP ' s ▁development ▁stud ios ▁in ▁Re yk jav ik , ▁London , ▁and ▁Shang hai ▁would ▁continue ▁under ▁C CP ▁Games , ▁while ▁the ▁publishing ▁and ▁market ing ▁functions ▁of ▁C CP ▁would ▁be ▁integrated ▁with ▁Pear l ▁A by ss . ▁The