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Various sources across the industry are speculating that EA’s Black Box studio in Canada may soon be closed. Speculation from unnamed sources also suggests that because of the less than favourable nature of reviews of Need For Speed: Undercover, which also suffered relatively poor sales compared to previous iterations of …
Read More »EA Blueprint is no more
Undercover multimedia gaming collective goes the way of publisherâ??s casual label; question mark now hangs over Boom Blox 2
Read More »Ensemble speaks out on studio closure
The director of technology at the soon to be closed Microsoft developer Ensemble Studios has admitted his surprise at the decision to shut the studio down. Ensemble is currently hard at work at the massively anticipated Halo Wars on Xbox 360, though its solid reputation was built on the back …
Read More »Ensemble closure â??doesnâ??t make a lot of senseâ?
Studioâ??s director of technology Dave Pottinger admits to staffâ??s surprise at Microsoftâ??s decision
Read More »Brash to be closed down
Rumours suggest that job losses are to be followed by total closure of US publisher
Read More »Brash to close doors for good?
Variety is reporting that troubled US publisher Brash will close its doors for good today. The news follows the departure of top execs Thomas Tull, Larry Shapiro and Nicholas Longano from the firm last month, citing the disappointing quality of the publisher’s output as the reason. In addition, a further …
Read More »Ensemble Studio closure confirmed
The closure of Microsoft Game Studios’ Ensemble team has been confirmed. Last night it was rumoured that the Halo Wars developer would be closed, and now an official statement from the format holder has confirmed the decision. To read the full story, head over to the internet’s primary stop for …
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