Studio Closure

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Google to close Stadia Games and Entertainment studios News Feb 2nd, 2021

Google to close Stadia Games and Entertainment studios

Studio head Jade Raymond has departed the company too

Swedish mobile games developer Strange Quest is shutting down News Feb 27th, 2020

Swedish mobile games developer Strange Quest is shutting down

Almost three years since opening

Virtue Reality developer Ultimatum Games shuts down News Feb 20th, 2020

Virtue Reality developer Ultimatum Games shuts down

"We tried everything"

Report: Disney to shutter FoxNext-owned Fogbank Entertainment following Scopely acquisition News Jan 27th, 2020

Report: Disney to shutter FoxNext-owned Fogbank Entertainment following Scopely acquisition

60 jobs reportedly affected by studio closure

Digital tabletop game studio Fantasy Flight Interactive to shut down in February News Jan 8th, 2020

Digital tabletop game studio Fantasy Flight Interactive to shut down in February

"It's been an amazing journey"

Isbit Games closes after running out of funds News Aug 14th, 2019

Isbit Games closes after running out of funds

“We have been working very hard to fight for the survival of the studio”

Terraforming Mars developer LuckyHammers closes down Job News Jul 18th, 2019

Terraforming Mars developer LuckyHammers closes down

70 staff lose their jobs

Robot toys maker Anki closes Job News May 1st, 2019

Robot toys maker Anki closes

Close to 200 people out of a job with one week's severance pay after funding round falls through at the last minute

More than 1,500 people have lost their jobs in the games industry in three months Job News Apr 1st, 2019

More than 1,500 people have lost their jobs in the games industry in three months

Estimates suggest total already exceeds 2018

as Update: EA's latest layoffs include the closure of its offices in Japan and Russia Job News Mar 28th, 2019

Update: EA's latest layoffs include the closure of its offices in Japan and Russia

Publisher vows to help newly-redundant staff find new roles in the local games industry

5th Planet Games shuts down Nottingham studio News Mar 19th, 2019

5th Planet Games shuts down Nottingham studio

14 employees laid off in studio closure

Brighton developer Wish Studios closes affecting 13 full-time employees Job News Feb 28th, 2019

Brighton developer Wish Studios closes affecting 13 full-time employees

Known for PlayLink title That’s You

Activision Blizzard shuts down King’s San Francisco studio as it focuses on European development Job News Feb 15th, 2019

Activision Blizzard shuts down King’s San Francisco studio as it focuses on European development

Mobile developer pulls out of US altogether

Report: King's Seattle studio to close Job News Feb 13th, 2019

Report: King's Seattle studio to close

Decision results in 78 job losses

“It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times": IGDA exec Jen MacLean on being a games developer in 2018 Interview Nov 22nd, 2018

“It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times": IGDA exec Jen MacLean on being a games developer in 2018

"We also know that the games industry is cyclical, and I suspect that some of the things that we see with studio closures are only the beginning"

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