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Game servers to shut down over the coming months
Read More »Call of Duty: Elite to close this Friday
Activision’s social network for Call of Duty is to be canned. The stat tracking service was introduced with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty: Black Ops II. However, it received little use in new release Ghosts, which instead favoured the new Clan Wars system. The publisher …
Read More »Who really killed Irrational Games? The surprising truth
Develop's sister publication MCV dispels the myths behind the BioShock studio's demise.
Read More »Uplifted developer Kanoti closes
Brighton company closes doors after six years
Read More »Activision may close UK studio The Blast Furnace
Mobile developer could be set to shut down after less than two years
Read More »Four SOE MMOs marked for closure
Sony Online Entertainment culls shrinking titles, upgrades members to All Access Pass
Read More »Joint Namco Bandai-DeNA venture to shut down
BNDeNA will cease operations on March 31 after four years without a hit
Read More »Offensive Combat developer U4ia closes
No reason given for closure; dev says studio shut down 'in the blink of an eye'
Read More »HMV’s iconic Oxford Street store closes
The retailer’s flagship store closes its doors today for the last time after 30 years. HMV’s 150 Oxford Street store had been the world’s biggest music store, but new owner Hilco has opted to close the site in favour of a smaller location, which will be based at 363 Oxford …
Read More »Toki Tori dev Two Tribes closes after poor sales
New development house formed with smaller team; Publishing operations unaffected
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