Studio Shutdown – Gematsu

Echo developer Ultra Ultra shuts down

Sal Romano — Tue, 07 May 2019 20:02:56 +0000

Ultra Ultra, the Copenhagen-based studio behind the third-person science-fiction adventure game Echo, has closed shop…

Source

Boss Key Productions shuts down

Sal Romano — Mon, 14 May 2018 18:42:40 +0000

Boss Key Productions, the Cliff Bleszinski-established studio behind LawBreakers and Radical Heights, has shut down…

Source

Perfect World Entertainment shuts down Runic Games, lays off most of Motiga

Sal Romano — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 19:25:22 +0000

Perfect World Entertainment has shut down Runic Games, the studio behind the Torchlight series and …

Source

EA shuts down Visceral Games, Star Wars title moved to EA Vancouver

Sal Romano — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 21:05:30 +0000

Electronic Arts will “ramp down and close” its Visceral Games studio, EA Worldwide Studios vice …

Source

Crytek shuts down five studios

Sal Romano — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 15:11:25 +0000

Crytek has shut down all of its studios outside of its Frankfurt and Kiev locations …

Source

Disney Interactive cancels Disney Infinity, shuts down Avalanche Software, and exits console publishing

Sal Romano — Tue, 10 May 2016 21:30:55 +0000

Disney Interactive has announced it will discontinue the production of Disney Infinity and will exit …

Source

Sony closes Driveclub developer Evolution Studios

Sal Romano — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:29:17 +0000

Sony Computer Entertainment has closed Driveclub and MotorStorm series developer Evolution Studios. In a statement…

Source

Two Tribes to stop making games after RIVE

Sal Romano — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:35:21 +0000

Two Tribes, developer of the Toki Tori series, will stop making video games after 16 …

Source

Microsoft closing Lionhead Studios and Press Play, Fable Legends and Project Knoxville cancelled

Sal Romano — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 15:08:10 +0000

Microsoft is closing its Lionhead and Press Play studios, and as a result cancelling the …

Source

Square Enix shutting down Shinra Technologies

Sal Romano — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 01:20:45 +0000

Square Enix has shut down Shinra Technologies, its 2014-established cloud gaming subsidiary, the company announced.

Source

Kaga Create shuts down

Sal Romano — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 07:51:20 +0000

Kaga Create, publisher of titles including Saki: The Nationals and Higurashi When They Cry Sui…

Source

Agatsuma Entertainment shuts down

Sal Romano — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:12:11 +0000

Umihara Kawase trilogy and Code of Princess developer Agatsuma Entertainment is shutting its doors, the …

Source

Konami shuts down Los Angeles studio

Sal Romano — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 02:16:05 +0000

Konami has closed its Los Angeles studio, taking with it 35 jobs. “Konami has made …

Source

2K Australia closing down

Sal Romano — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 03:15:49 +0000

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel developer 2K Australia is closing down, 2K Games has confirmed. “We can …

Source

Robotoki shuts down, Human Element “on hiatus”

Sal Romano — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:44:43 +0000

Robotoki, Robert Bowling’s studio opened in 2012, has closed up shop, the company announced. “This …

Source

Blacklight developer Zombie Studios shuts down

Sal Romano — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 05:17:08 +0000

Blacklight: Retribution and Daylight developer Zombie Studios is closing after 20 years in operation, the …

Source

Murdered: Soul Suspect developer closes doors

Sal Romano — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:58:28 +0000

Murdered: Soul Suspect developer Airtight Games has closed its doors less than one month after …

Source

BioShock studio Irrational Games shutting down

Sal Romano — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:03:27 +0000

Irrational Games, developer of BioShock and BioShock Infinite, is closing down, co-founder Ken Levine announced.

Source

Microsoft closes Victoria game studios

Sal Romano — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 20:36:02 +0000

Microsoft has shuttered its Victoria game studio less than two years after opening its doors…

Source

Rune Factory and Lufia developer to cease operations

Sal Romano — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 15:20:13 +0000

Neverland Company, the studio behind Rune Factory and the Lufia series, will cease operations on …

Source