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Melbourne Developer Ends Transmission

Kotaku AU

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.

October 8, 2009

Activision Lays Off Shaba’s Ranks, Closes Studio

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.

September 4, 2009
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Ex-Splatterhouse Developer BottleRocket Closes Its Doors

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.

September 2, 2009
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Codemasters Says Goodbye To ArchLord

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.

August 16, 2009
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Water Cooler Games Closes

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.

August 15, 2009
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Sega Putting Chromehounds Servers To Sleep

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.

August 14, 2009
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Another Games Mag Bites The Dust

The sad, slow decline of gaming print media continues, with the announcement overnight that Future Publishing’s PSW (PlayStation World Magazine) is no more.

August 13, 2009
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GRIN Is Officially Dead, Spawns Outbreak

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.”

August 11, 2009

Bionic Commando Developers GRIN In Big, Big Trouble

Poor GRIN. For a little while there, people were excited with the games the Swedish devs were putting out! Then they went and released some awful, awful games. And now they’re on the brink of oblivion.

August 4, 2009
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The Inside Story Of The Death Of Midway Newcastle

Following the sale of most of Midway to new owner Warner Bros., Midway Newcastle was shuttered, its staff given their walking papers. The Wheelman developer never found a buyer for the now defunct studio, nor its original IP, Necessary Force.

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