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Rumour: RIP Pandemic Studios, 1998-2009
11:30PM Luke Plunkett | Pandemic Studios – the developers behind Star Wars: Battlefront and Mercenaries – will today be closed down by owners Electronic Arts, according to several sources close to the situation. More »
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3:00PM David Wildgoose | Transmission Games, the Melbourne studio responsible for the recent Ashes Cricket 2009, Heroes Over The Pacific, Heroes Over Europe and a number of AFL games, has closed down, Kotaku has heard. More »
Melbourne Developer Ends Transmission
3:00PM David Wildgoose | Transmission Games, the Melbourne studio responsible for the recent Ashes Cricket 2009, Heroes Over The Pacific, Heroes Over Europe and a number of AFL games, has closed down, Kotaku has heard. More »
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Activision Lays Off Shaba’s Ranks, Closes Studio
5:30PM Michael McWhertor | San Francisco-based developer Shaba Games is no more, according to a pair of tipsters who wished to remain anonymous. The developer of Spider-man: Web of Shadows is said to have been shuttered by parent company Activision today. More »
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Ex-Splatterhouse Developer BottleRocket Closes Its Doors
10:00AM Michael McWhertor | BottleRocket Entertainment, formerly the developers of Splatterhouse for Namco Bandai and responsible for the Mark of Kri series, is no more. Studio president Jay Beard announced BottleRocket’s official demise today via e-mail. More »
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Codemasters Says Goodbye To ArchLord
2:20AM Mike Fahey | Codemasters has lost the rights to operate its first free-to-play MMO ArchLord in North America and Europe, but a new operator is stepping up to make sure the players can keep playing. More »
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Water Cooler Games Closes
7:00AM Owen Good | Water Cooler Games, a standard-bearer for intelligent discussion of video games over the past six years, has been shuttered according to co-founder Ian Bogost in a final post made today. More »
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Sega Putting Chromehounds Servers To Sleep
10:00AM Michael McWhertor | Xbox 360 mech sim Chromehounds is about to have its online component put to sleep. Sega will be taking the game’s multiplayer portion behind the barn, hopefully ending its life with the first shot. More »
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Another Games Mag Bites The Dust
6:30PM Luke Plunkett | The sad, slow decline of gaming print media continues, with the announcement overnight that Future Publishing’s PSW (PlayStation World Magazine) is no more. More »
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GRIN Is Officially Dead, Spawns Outbreak
5:00AM Michael McWhertor | It’s official. No more gold teeth will be added to that gruesome smile, as GRIN, the Swedish developer responsible for games like Bionic Commando, Wanted: Weapons of Fate and more is closing its doors due to “an unbearable cashflow situation.” More »
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