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List of studios closed since 2006 - Updated
- Thread starter Kifimbo
- Start date
That's what I said. I never claimed Konami is stupid for buying them. I claimed that the merger was, but that is due to my dislike with that decision.
thequickandthedead
Member
Who's developing Whore if the Orient if team bondi have been shut down?
fvng
Member
Whether they merged or simply remain a subsidiary, what difference does it make to you?
KMM picked up some of the assets and staff after the Team Bondi bankruptcy.
They made great games as Hudson, namely the Bomberman series. I also enjoyed the Mario Party series, but the people involved with that are at ND Cube. Now Hudson only exists through a name, they are now spread throughout Konami's dev teams. I'm glad they have jobs, but I can't help but be disappointed with the decision.
Added Zynga Austin, Zynga East (Baltimore) and Zynga McKinney.
Source: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/..._Baltimore_studio_disbands_Civ_dream_team.php
Source: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/..._Baltimore_studio_disbands_Civ_dream_team.php
AlphaTwo00
Member
Today is the last day for Tecmo Koei Canada. Honestly, I'm surprised it lasted it as long as they did doing mobile after I left after the downsizing and refocusing exclusively on mobile/social. They're wrapping up after two mobile freemium games.
Depressing.
These hurt the most, personally. I'm still bitter that Nintendo just sat there and let CiNG die.
Tbh, they'd be very applicable to be join Nintendo. After all - they've been recruiting like mad for the last two years haven't they?
fvng
Member
No one will shed a tear for a game studio that produced nothing.
Not sure about closed, but they restructured the shit out of Retro in the early days. They basically shut down and reopened it, with never actually doing any of that.
Of course, we all know about the "second party curse."
AlphaTwo00
Member
Thanks. Go fuck yourself too.
I have to say, I genuinely enjoy reading the news sites pick up that one article from Financial Post taking about the closure of Tecmo Koei Canada, and using the "ex employee" (me) as the line to repeat ad-nauseum as the "view from the inside", even though none of them have ever talked to me.
More fun is to see the replies from a lot of sites ranging from "those guys are terrible, they deserved to be fired" to "wait, who?"
GloriousIntruder
Neo Member
Wow, you are a fucking human garbage.
fvng
Member
Really? You feel bad about Jerry Bruckheimer Games? A studio that LITERALLY didn't produce a single game? I didn't say anything innacurate. You feel like a big man calling people garbage for stating actual facts?
edit: no idea how i arrived at this thread, unintentional bump