Irrational Games tackar för sig
BioShock-studion stänger butiken
Irrational Games, studion bakom BioShock och BioShock Infinite, skall stängas ner. Studiochefen Ken Levine nämnde i ett uttalande att han planerar att starta en ny studio som fokuserar på mindre och mer handlingsfokuserade spel som kommer distribueras digitalt.
På studions hemsida skrev Ken att han är stolt över vad studion lyckats uppnå under åren men att det var dags att skala ner.
"While I'm deeply proud of what we've accomplished together, my passion has turned to making a different kind of game than we've done before. To meet the challenge ahead, I need to refocus my energy on a smaller team with a flatter structure and a more direct relationship with gamers. In many ways, it will be a return to how we started: a small team making games for the core gaming audience."
15 personer plockar Ken med sig från studion, resten kickas.
"I am winding down Irrational Games as you know it. I'll be starting a smaller, more entrepreneurial endeavor at Take-Two. That is going to mean parting ways with all but about fifteen members of the Irrational team. There's no great way to lay people off, and our first concern is to make sure that the people who are leaving have as much support as we can give them during this transition."
Irrational har fortfarande den andra delen av BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea kvar att släppa men efter det så är det alltså slut på det roliga.
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