Call of Duty DS dev "down but not out"  Studio boss blames
"mess" of an industry.  Call of Duty: Black Ops DS developer
n-Space "is down, but definitely not out" after the rug was
pulled from under it by a "licensor" that had a change of heart.
CEO Dan O'Leary had to take "drastic action" and sent all but a
core team home. He attributed the studio's near-closure to a
number of factors, including an industry that is "frankly, a
mess", and Wii and DS markets that have "nearly collapsed".
"After supporting 70-90 employees for several months without
funding, Friday's lay-offs were unavoidable," O'Leary explained
on the n-Space blog. "If all goes as planned, we'll be calling
people back before the end of the week."  "Life as an
independent developer is often a painful hand-to-mouth exercise
of love," he elaborated. "This has never been more true than in
the last few years. The games industry is, frankly, a mess. The
economy has robbed customers of disposable income, reducing the
number of titles that purchased p