Australian developer Auran has announced it has entered into voluntary administration and let all staff members go, just a day after announcing that massively multiplayer online game Fury would change to a free-to-play rather than subscription based business model.

A statement from company CEO Tony Hilliam said that "The Directors of Auran Developments, the company that employs all the Auran staff, have today called in a Voluntary Administrator (like Chapter 11 in the US). All the staff were dismissed today."

"Despite earlier reports," he continued, "staff will be paid for all their work to date, their annual leave entitlements, redundancy payments and long service leave."

The news follows last week's reports that the company was forced to downsize its 60 man team following the slow start for Fury and new outsourcing to Asia.

At the time, Hilliam said that after a ramp up from 30 to 70 staff members to complete Fury and its Battlestar Galactica XBLA game it had made some cutbacks to "focus on a smaller, more agile core team of Fury developers."

This was reiterated in the most recent report as well, saying that with the launch of its latest content

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European gamers who, after joining the Fury Challenge, couldn't get enough of this PvP-centric game will be pleased to find out that Fury will be launched in Europe on October 26. To prepare for the occasion, Auran Games

This week will mark the official release date of Fury, the fourthretail-based massively multiplayer online game of 2007, and it will behitting store shelves all around the North American and Australianmarkets. In honor of the release, the Ten Ton Hammer editorial staffhad Garrett Fuller write up a few questions for the developers of thegame, and Michael Hampden and Adam Carpenter answered the call. Most ofthe questions revolved around the final results of the beta and howthings have shaped up for the game. Enjoy!
Ten Ton Hammer: The betatesting phase for Fury just wrapped up, what sort of reactions are yougetting from players?

Adam Carpenter:We’re getting all sorts of reactions.  Furyisn’t an “easy” game and itdoesn’t follow the standard MMORPG mold that gamers havegrown used to. That means we’ve probably had more troublethan many MMOGs who follow the well worn path without offering somethingnew for gamers.

The players who spent time learning the game - its major differencesand subtle nuances - they absolutely love it and can’t getenough.

Fury's combat isincredibly fast-paced.

The players who went in, skipped the tutorial, and ignored all thein-game help, tended to get completely owned

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