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Depressing list of studios that have closed in this generation

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When we think of gaming companies and studios we generally think of the big guys rolling around in a huge pile of cash and laughing at us poor suckers paying R150 every 2 months for DLC.

But that’s not the only side of the gaming industry, the other side are the actual end studio’s making some of the best games in this generation and still going bankrupt. Studio’s like Bizarre Creations (Geometry Wars and Blur) and Team Bondi (LA Noire)

Oh and how could I forget about Midway Newcastle who worked on the incredibly epic Mortal Kombat title last year…

Well thanks to a dedicated forumite at NeoGaf we now have an obituary list for all the studio’s that closed in the last 5 years.. it’s a bit depressing so you may want to look away now.

3D Realms – 2009
7 Studios (Activision) – 2011
Backbone Vancouver
BigBig (Sony) – 2012
Bizarre Creations (Activision) – 2010/2011
Black Rock (Disney) – 2011
Blue Fang Games – 2011
Blue Tongue (THQ) – 2011
BottleRocket – 2009
Brash Entertainment – 2008
Budcat (Activision) – 2010
Castaway Entertainment – 2008
Cheyenne Mountain – 2010
Cing – 2010
Clover Studios (Capcom) – 2006
Codemasters Guildford – 2011
Cohort Studios – 2011
Concrete Games – 2008
Deep Silver Vienna – 2010
DICE Canada – 2006
EA Chicago – 2007
EA Bright Light – 2011/2012
EA Japan – 2007
Eidos Manchester – 2009
Eidos Hungary – 2010
Ensemble Studios (Microsoft) – 2008
Factor 5 – 2009
FASA (Microsoft) – 2007
Fizz Factor – 2009
Flagship Studios – 2008
Flight Plan – 2010
Frozen North Productions
FuzzyEyes – 2009
Gamelab – 2009
Game Republic – 2011
GRIN – 2009
Helixe (THQ) – 2008
Hudson Entertainment – 2011
Humannature Studio (Nexon Vancouver) – 2009
Ignition London – 2010
Ignition Florida – 2010
Incognito Entertainment (Sony) – 2009
Indie Built (Take-Two) – 2006
Iron Lore – 2008
Juice Games (THQ) – 2011
Kaos Studios (THQ) – 2011
Killaware – 2011
Killspace Entertainment – 2011
KMM Brisbane – 2011
Krome Studios (might still be operating on skeleton crew) – 2010
Kuju Manila – 2009
Kuju Chemistry – 2009
Kush Games – 2008
Locomotive Games (THQ) – 2010
Luxoflux – 2010
Mass Media (THQ) – 2008
Monte Cristo – 2010
Monumental Games – 2012
Midway Austin – 2009
Midway Newcastle – 2009
MTV Games – 2011
Multiverse – 2012
NetDevil – 2011
Ninja Studio – 2009
Outerlight – 2010
PAM Development (Take-Two) – 2008
Pandemic Australia (EA) – 2009
Pandemic LA (EA) – 2009
Paradigm Entertainment – 2008
Pi Studios – 2011
Pivotal Games (Take-Two) – 2008
Propaganda Games (Disney) – 2011
Pseudo Interactive – 2008
Rainbow Studios (THQ) – 2011
Realtime Worlds – 2010
Rebellion Derby – 2010
Red Octane – 2010
Rockstar Vienna – 2006
Sandblast Games (THQ) – 2008
SEGA San Francisco – 2010
Shaba Games (Activision) – 2009
SOE Denver – 2011
SOE Seattle – 2011
SOE Tuscon – 2011
Stormfront Studios – 2008
Straylight Studios – 2009
Team Bondi – 2011
The Code Monkeys – 2011
Titan Studios – 2009
THQ Studio Australia – 2009
THQ Digital Warrington – 2009
Transmission Games – 2009
Universomo (THQ) – 2009
Venom Games (Take Two) – 2008
Vicarious Visions California – 2007
Visceral Australia (EA) – 2011
Wolfpack Studios – 2006
Yuke’s Company Of America – 2010
Zoe Mode London – 2009

So the next time you pirate a game like Mortal Kombat or Blur remember it’s not generally the publisher that you hate so much that gets hurt. It’s the poor sods at the bottoms working 20 hour shifts to entertain you.

If you could save only one of these studio’s which one would it be? Personally I’d have saved Team Bondi and fired their CEO. That company deserved better for making LA Noire.

Last Updated: January 17, 2012

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