Update: Fire walking “signed one last time” with a statement confirming its closure. In it, the studio noted many of its accomplishments, from growing its team during the pandemic to development Concord on Unreal Engine 4 (and later Unreal Engine 5), and “ultimately delivering and offering players a fantastic FPS experience, even if it came … Read more
Netflix has closed its AAA Southern California game studio – Team Blue – after less than two years of activity. As reported by Game filesalong with the studio's closure, three of Team Blue's top hires also left the company. Blue was Netflix's fifth internal game studio and was said to be working on a new … Read more
The shocking firing of New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh on Oct. 8 devastated the team in the middle of the NFL season. Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who joined the team to much fanfare last year, has denied involvement in Saleh's dismissal. Rodgers touched on Salih's tenure in a program he attended on October … Read more
After 15 years, publisher Merge Games is closing its doors and its 22-person staff has been laid off. The study revealed the news on social mediaand recalled how “he brought hundreds of indie gems to shop windows around the world and loved every moment of the experience!” “We couldn’t have done this without the people … Read more
Kabam Entertainment closes its doors Disney Mirror on December 16 and has already pulled the mobile action RPG from the Android and iOS stores. No specific reason was given for the closure, but the studio said that players who have still downloaded the game can continue to play until the expiration date, including “remaining content … Read more
Midwinter Entertainment, the Behaviour Interactive subsidiary behind Dead by Daylight spin-off Project T, has reportedly shut down. In a statement shared yesterdayBehaviour confirmed that Project T was cancelled following a playtest and analysis that “produced unsatisfactory results.” Now, several people who worked on Project T claim that Midwinter was shut down due to the cancellation. … Read more
Merge Games cut staff over the weekend and closed its only office based in Chelford, England. The studio is part of Maximum Entertainment and, in a statement, Gaming IndustryCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Cristina Seelye explained that the cuts were part of previously announced consolidation plans. At the time of writing, it is unknown how many developers … Read more
Second Android CentralDeveloper Ready at Dawn no longer exists. The elimination of the study was reportedly done to maintain the equally struggling Reality Labs within the new budget constraints. A Meta representative also told the outlet that these cuts did not herald a broader elimination for its first-party studios. Ready at Dawn was founded in … Read more
Shipyard Games, a Finnish developer known mostly for mobile game Go City, has It closed quietly after seven years of business. For Pocket playerThe studio previously shared the news via Discord in May. At the time, co-founder/CEO Andreas Wedenberg called it a “critical” situation, saying the company had run out of money and its current … Read more