Troubled times in Scandinavia, specialists confirming that they have been forced to cut 20 percent of their workforce, and that The Secret World has been delayed as a result.

It seems their most recent release, Age of Conan, isn't pulling in the punters as they might have hoped - and a "significant delay" for their work in progress is now on the cards.

The Secret World was due in 2010, but 60 jobs out of a total staff of 300 have been axed this week.

Funcom lost 34 million USD last year, and are in the process of trying to move to Quebec.

By Luke Guttridge