The makers of the post-apocalyptic MMO Fallen Earth lost 75 percent of their workforce in a steep "restructuring" put into effect yesterday. The studio is down to 28 employees from 110.

Icarus Studios followed up with Kotaku to say that the studio remains open, and that development for an upcoming patch for Fallen Earth: Blood Sports continues as scheduled. "The game will remain unaffected, as servers are up and GMs as well as customer support are continuing to service players."

On Friday, James Hettinger, the CEO of Icarus Studios, Inc. announced the restructuring, and it's effective immediately. "While this is a challenging step for us," said Hettinger, "the steps were taken to maintain the growth, continued development and profitability of Fallen Earth."

Hettinger's statement said Icarus Studios and a separate company, Fallen Earth llc., will now be combined and will be responsible for "ongoing customer service and continued development of Fallen Earth and company projects."

Icarus Studios Restructures [Blue's News]

Somehow the Mac went from gaming afterthought to everyone's favorite platform in the span of a week. Now the MMO Fallen Earth is Mac compatible, beginning with today's Beta release of the game.

Icarus Studios, the co-developers of Fallen Earth, have put together a Mac-compatible xScape platform, buit on the open source software Wine. A statement from Icarus said the new platform allows "players to connect to the same live server as PC users with game features optimized for their resident operating system."

For optimal play, Mac users will need an Intel-based Mac, running Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) or later, with at least 2 gigs of RAM and a video card with 256 MB of RAM. There's more info inside this FAQ.

Icarus Studios Launches Macintosh Compatible MMO Platform [Official Site]