Ty the Tasmanian Tiger developer Krome Studios will close their doors this coming Monday, it’s being reported today. The news came after Q-Games boss Dylan Cuthbert tweeted about the studio closing down.
Back in August, it was reported that the Australian studio had layed off staff at their Melbourne and Brisbane studios, as well as closed down their Adelaide studio. Krome Studios CEO, Robert Walsh, refused to confirm claims that the aforementioned lay-offs were “pretty out of control“.
The studio’s most recent title, Blade Kitten, released across PlayStation Network, Xbox LIVE Arcade and PC late last month. The title received mainly poor reviews.
It’s sad to see another developer shut down and so many jobs lost. The studio employed over 200 developers. If it means anything, Dylan Cuthbert is offering those layed off at Krome a chance to join Q-Games, if they’re willing to travel to Kyoto, that is.
Thanks, Vooks.
Comment Policy
Comments are welcome and encouraged on Gematsu. However, we ask that you follow a simple set of guidelines:
- Read the full article before commenting.
- Stay on topic.
- No drive-by comments, including trolling, baiting, or shit-posting.
- Know when not to comment. If you do not care about a topic, you do not need to comment.
- No offensive comments. This includes abusive, threatening, pornographic, misleading, or libelous content / language, as well as general harassment and individual attacks.
- No port-begging.
- No console wars.
- Use spoiler tags when posting spoiler or NSFW (non-nude-only) content. For example: <spoiler>Woe is Leomon.</spoiler> State the subject of the content outside of the spoiler tags.
- Be respectful towards other commenters. You do not have to agree with each other, but debate politely. If you find that a commenter is not following this simple etiquette, do not carry on the conversation—simply report it.
Gematsu reserves the right to edit or delete any comments without notice. This comment policy is subject to change at any time.
Recent Comments