Studio Closure

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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"

1 Tekken Mobile developer Bandai Namco Vancouver closes Job News Nov 16th, 2018

Tekken Mobile developer Bandai Namco Vancouver closes

Senior vice president claims all but a "small skeleton crew" have been laid off at the Canada office

Narrative games specialist Telltale begins liquidation proceedings News Nov 15th, 2018

Narrative games specialist Telltale begins liquidation proceedings

Some of its earlier games have been removed from Steam

Ex-Telltale dev: "Developers deserve a lot better than what this industry is giving us right now" News Oct 19th, 2018

Ex-Telltale dev: "Developers deserve a lot better than what this industry is giving us right now"

Former Telltale Games narrative designer Grace Buck gave the illuminating talk at the Sweden Games Conference

The Walking Dead co-creator Robert Kirkman wants to make sure Telltale Games' Clementine story is told News Oct 5th, 2018

The Walking Dead co-creator Robert Kirkman wants to make sure Telltale Games' Clementine story is told

But right now there are no plans to bring her into the ongoing comic book series

Report: Remaining Telltale Games staff get the boot Job News Oct 5th, 2018

Report: Remaining Telltale Games staff get the boot

One of the staff affected took to Twitter to confirm the news

Telltale wants another company to hire ex-staff and finish The Walking Dead: The Final Season Job News Oct 4th, 2018

Telltale wants another company to hire ex-staff and finish The Walking Dead: The Final Season

The third episode is reportedly nearly finished

2 Is Telltale's closure part of a wider industry trend or a cautionary tale? Mobile Mavens Oct 3rd, 2018

Is Telltale's closure part of a wider industry trend or a cautionary tale?

The mobile mavens offer their opinions

Disney Canada layoffs as Club Penguin Island closes Job News Sep 28th, 2018

Disney Canada layoffs as Club Penguin Island closes

The web version of the social game had shut down the year prior

Former employee hits Telltale Games with a class action lawsuit Job News Sep 26th, 2018

Former employee hits Telltale Games with a class action lawsuit

Redundancies made “without cause” may have broken state and federal labour laws

AMC and Smilegate backed out of Telltale financing talks day before closure News Sep 26th, 2018

AMC and Smilegate backed out of Telltale financing talks day before closure

Source says management painted AMC deal as done

Failure to finalise new funding round the catalyst for mass Telltale Games layoffs Job News Sep 25th, 2018

Failure to finalise new funding round the catalyst for mass Telltale Games layoffs

Sources claim Lionsgate stopped funding Telltale to refocus on its own business

Telltale moves to quell fan fears over The Walking Dead amid pressure to offer ex-employees severance Job News Sep 25th, 2018

Telltale moves to quell fan fears over The Walking Dead amid pressure to offer ex-employees severance

The developer offered the update on Twitter

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