Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 08:36 BST
Official: Krome Studios closes down
Krome Studios has officially closed, confirming speculation on Friday.
According to IGN, all remaining staff were laid off on Friday. A skeleton crew of contractors might be brought back to finish off work on existing projects.
It’s thought Krome went bust due to putting too many sources into unsuccessful new IPs.
Krome, founded in 1999, developed Blade Kitten from Atari, Game Room for 360, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on PS2 and Wii and Ty the Tasmanian Tiger.
The developer laid off 110 staff last year – 50 in April and 60 in November.
Good luck to those affected.
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Posted in: Australia, Development, Jobs
Tags: Blade Kitten, Game Room, krome studios, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Ty The Tasmanian Tiger
7 comments
#1
Debabrata Nath
18/10/10, 8:34 am
Isn’t this the second closure in 1 week? First Propaganda Games and now this. Sucks really
#2
Grimrita
18/10/10, 8:50 am
Its the way the industry is heading. Clearly something isnt right in the way developers are paid as publishers *appear* to be giving them so little cash in return.
Indie developing and DD is the way forward
#3
Robo_1
18/10/10, 8:54 am
So what does this mean for Games Room? Is it dead or will MS continue to run it?
#4
Blerk
18/10/10, 8:57 am
I guess Microsoft could get someone else to work on it, but it really depends on how well it’s actually been doing, I guess. The games that were going up on the service were hardly ‘inspiring’.
#5
Gekidami
18/10/10, 9:04 am
They could get Rare to work on it, its not like those guys have anything better to do.
#6
Freek
18/10/10, 9:06 am
Considering that the real arcade classics are being released on Live Arcade in remade form, we can safely assume Games Room is going to die.
#7
endgame
18/10/10, 9:07 am
No! I blame it on the piracy!