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CWA criticises Sony for shuttering Firewalk Studios and Neon Koi

Union says it plans to "raise the anti-competitive impacts of Sony's increasing monopoly [...] with regulators, policymakers, and stakeholders"

Oct. 31, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Studio Thunderhorse shuts down

Indie studio faced "a number of challenges and development hurdles" leading to decision

Oct. 23, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Netflix shuts down California game studio

Three key members of internal developer have left the company

Oct. 22, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Merge Games closing down after 15 years

Indie publisher previously suffered layoffs and office closure as part of parent Maximum Entertainment's consolidation

Sept. 26, 2024 James Batchelor

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Midwinter shut down following Project T cancellation

UPDATE: Behaviour Interactive confirms closure in formal statement

Sept. 18, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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VR studio Archiact is closing down

During its 11-year tenure, the team published 35 games and "partnered with the most important companies in the industry"

Aug. 13, 2024 Vikki Blake

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Humble Games devs told "company is shutting down"

UPDATE: Humble Games claims it is restructuring, but affected staff dispute company statement

July 23, 2024 Vikki Blake

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Report: Embracer shutters Alone in the Dark dev Pieces Interactive

The reimagining of the 1992 survival horror title released just last March and didn't meet sales expectations

June 17, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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PlayStation's London Studio shuts down after over 20 years

The developer's closure comes months after Sony announced global layoffs

May 21, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Xbox president: "Our commitment [is] to make sure that the business is healthy for the long term"

Regarding Tango Gameworks shuttering, Sarah Bond said, "We look at a whole variety of factors when we're faced with sort of making decisions"

May 10, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Take-Two reportedly closing its Seattle office

WARN notice indicates 70 staff will be laid off, likely as part of previously announced 580 layoffs

May 1, 2024 James Batchelor

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Report: Smilegate Barcelona has closed

The game developer was working on an unannounced open-world console title

March 27, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Sprout Esports shuts down

The organization says maintaining its business operations was a struggle over the years

March 26, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Prytania Media shutters Crop Circle Games

The development studio closes its doors in under two years after publicly revealing itself

March 25, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Threshold Games shuts down

Studio cites "extenuating circumstances" for closure

Feb. 12, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Wimo Games confirms shuts down

Update: VR developer that employed 35 people closes up shop after three years and three games

Jan. 18, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Fntastic closes days after The Day Before launches on Early Access

The studio said that the game was a financial failure and it has mostly negative reviews on Steam

Dec. 11, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau

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IGI Origins developer Antimatter Games closing down this summer

Parent EG7 said it will shut down UK developer to improve group profitability

May 26, 2023 James Batchelor

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PlayStation reaffirms support for Turkey as Sony closes local office

Sony tells GamesIndustry.biz Istanbul branch was closed due to "challenging business environment" for TV and audio

Feb. 6, 2023 James Batchelor