當前電子遊戲界正經歷着一段黯淡時光，近幾個月來，裁員潮此起彼伏，全球數千從業者失去了工作，同時，多個知名遊戲開發工作室也宣告永久關閉。
截止至2024年5月18日，已有超過十個工作室永久拉上了運營的大門。最新消息顯示，微軟決定關閉旗下的四支Bethesda團隊。
以下是在2024年前五個月中關閉的遊戲開發工作室彙總。
Alpha Dog Games工作室
關閉時間：2024年5月
成立於加拿大哈利法克斯的Alpha Dog Games，自2012年起專注於移動遊戲市場，推出了諸如《Wraithborne》及近期的《Mighty DOOM》等作品。
Arkane Austin工作室
關閉時間：2024年5月
Arkane Austin是一個以沉浸式模擬遊戲如《恥辱》和《掠食》聞名的團隊，卻在違背部分團隊意願下涉足實時服務型遊戲領域，最終制作出了射擊遊戲《紅霞島》。該遊戲評價平平，被視爲失敗之作。在此之前，《掠食》曾帶給他們意外的成功，但即便團隊積極投身於《紅霞島》的後續改進及新《恥辱》系列的開發計劃，也無法改變2006年創立的這家公司被Xbox放棄的命運。
Crop Circle Games工作室
關閉時間：2024年3月25日
小型團隊Crop Circle Games僅在市場上維持了兩年多的生存，最終因員工裁減而不得不關閉。
Deviation Games工作室
關閉時間：2024年3月9日
由兩位長期參與《使命召喚》系列開發的資深人士創立的Deviation Games，本計劃與索尼合作爲PlayStation 5打造全新IP，卻也在2023年經歷了裁員風波，最終於2024年初春迎來了終結。
Double Loop Games工作室
關閉時間：2024年1月12日
專注於移動遊戲的Double Loop Games，在四年行業生涯後，通過LinkedIn證實了關門的消息。聯合創始人Shelby Moledina感嘆，在嚴峻的融資和營銷環境中，他們未能實現重大突破。
Little Red Dog Games工作室
關閉時間：2024年1月22日
Little Red Dog Games，這個在紐約州波茨坦運營了十一年的工作室，以《Deep Sixed》和《Rogue State》等移動遊戲著稱，終未能倖免。
London Studio工作室
關閉時間：2024年2月27日
擁有超過20年曆史的索尼PlayStation倫敦工作室，在大規模裁員潮中，不幸成爲900名員工失業的一部分，最終畫下了句點。自2002年成立以來，該團隊爲PlayStation各代平臺貢獻了60餘款遊戲，從PS2到PSP，再到PS VR，代表作包括《EyeToy》、《SingStar》系列，以及《Blood & Truth》和《Erica》等。
Ridgeline Games工作室
關閉時間：2024年5月7日
緊隨索尼之後，Electronic Arts也宣佈全球裁員5%，其中便包括由業界老將Marcus Lehto（《光環》系列創作者之一）於2021年創立的年輕工作室Ridgeline Games。好消息是，據IGN報道，該團隊可能找到了新的歸宿——Criterion，他們的敘事驅動《戰地風雲》項目或許得以保存。
Smilegate Barcelona工作室
關閉時間：2024年3月27日
2020年，韓國遊戲公司Smilegate在巴塞羅那成立的新工作室，專注於AAA級遊戲開發，卻在首款未公開的開放世界主機遊戲問世前遺憾收場。工作室總監Stephane Blais在LinkedIn確認了關閉消息，並簡述了過去六個月的緊張局勢。
Tango Gameworks工作室
關閉時間：2024年5月
最令玩家扼腕的莫過於Tango Gameworks的隕落。由遊戲傳奇人物三上真司在東京創立，隨後加入Bethesda母公司ZeniMax Media，最終成爲Microsoft Gaming的一部分。雖然2023年的節奏動作遊戲《Hi-Fi Rush》收穫好評如潮，提名衆多獎項，但這股正面評價浪潮和行業內外的反對聲音，依然未能阻止這家日本工作室的關閉。
Roundhouse Games
與Alpha Dog Games、Arkane Austin和Tango Gameworks一樣，Roundhouse Games也遭遇關閉，但其作爲支持《Redfall》的特殊團隊，成員轉移到了ZeniMax Online Studios，參與《上古卷軸Online》的製作。
Threshold Games工作室
關閉時間：2024年2月9日
位於西雅圖的Threshold Games，成立五年後亦難逃關閉的命運。原計劃的遊戲作品也隨之胎死腹中。
Threaks工作室
關閉時間：2024年1月18日
德國漢堡的獨立工作室Threaks，在運營15年後宣佈關閉開發部門，留下包括《All I Have Is Time》和《Battle Planet – Judgment Day》在內的多款遊戲遺產。
Wimo Games工作室
關閉時間：2024年1月18日
在三年間完成了三款遊戲後，Wimo Games也於2024年初宣佈停業，包括CEO在內的所有35名員工均被解僱，標誌着又一顆獨立遊戲之星的隕落。
來源：Aroged
We live in dark times for the video game industry. Or rather, for a part of the industry, because in the last few months one has been hunting Wave of layoffs the next, which is why thousands of employees worldwide have lost their jobs. In addition, we had to say goodbye to various well-known development studios forever. After it already in 2023 Free Radical Design, Pixelopus or Volition met, it will just continue in 2024. So far (as of May 18, 2024) more than ten studios have had to permanently close their doors. We recently received news that Microsoft four of his Bethesda teams has shut down. Below we will give you an overview of all the development studios that we had to say goodbye to in the first five months of 2024 or that are at least on the cards for closure in the near future. Studio closure: May 2024 Alpha Dog Games was founded in Halifax, Canada in 2012 and focused on mobile games. The small team produced titles such as “Wraithborne” and most recently “Mighty DOOM”. In the last few months it has been quiet around the development studio, whose demise was only recently sealed by Xbox. Studio closure: May 2024 What happens when a development studio best known for immersive sim games like “Dishonored” and “Prey” has to work on a live service title against the wishes of a significant portion of the team? Well, then in the case of Arkane Austin we get the Xbox console-exclusive vampire shooter “Redfall”. The title received rather weak reviews from critics and gamers alike and is therefore considered a flop. Before “Redfall,” Arkane Austin scored a surprise hit with “Prey.” However, after the release of the game, the number increased Reportsthat the development was anything but smooth. After the studio's closure became official, we received reports that the team was still working actively worked on “Redfall”. and committed to the development of one new “Dishonored” game supposed to have made him strong. However, Xbox is not giving the company founded in 2006 another chance and recently sealed the studio's demise. Studio closure: March 25, 2024 The small team at Crop Circle Games was only able to hold its own on the market for a good two years. It was only last February that the studio is said to have started work on an as yet unannounced project. After several employees were laid off, the young company had to permanently close its doors a short time later. Studio closure: March 9, 2024 With Deviation Games, another relatively young development studio had been hit just a few weeks earlier. The company was founded in Los Angeles in 2020 by Dave Anthony and Jason Blundell. Both have worked on Activision Blizzard's “Call of Duty” series for a long time and, together with their own team, wanted to use this experience to create a new IP exclusively for the PlayStation 5 in cooperation with Sony. Deviation Games worked on a new IP in cooperation with Sony. After the collaboration with Sony was announced in June 2021, Blundell left the team a little over a year later. His former colleague Tony Flame, who was previously employed at Treyarch, stepped in for him. In May 2023, however, the development studio had to pay a not insignificant part laid off his workforce. At the beginning of March 2024, the fate of Deviation Games was finally sealed. Studio closure: January 12, 2024 After a good four years in the video game industry, those responsible for the company that specializes in mobile games had to close it via the portal LinkedIn confirm. Shelby Moledina, one of the studio's founders, said her team, like other similarly sized development teams, failed to make a big breakthrough in 2023 “in a very hostile funding and marketing environment.” Studio closure: January 22, 2024 “Little Red Dog Games joins the layoff party,” wrote COO Blazej Zywiczynski in January of this year LinkedIn. The development team, which was once based in Potsdam in the US state of New York, was able to assert itself on the market for more than eleven years and was primarily responsible for various mobile games during this time. The studio's best-known works include the titles “Deep Sixed” and “Rogue State”. Studio closure: February 27, 2024 After more than 20 years, the final curtain fell on Sony PlayStation's London Studio this year. In the wake of a large wave of layoffs that cost 900 people their jobs, it was decided to close the English company. Since its founding in 2002, the development team has worked on more than 60 games for various PlayStation systems, from the PlayStation 2 to the PlayStation Portable to PlayStation VR. The VR shooter “Blood & Truth” is one of the last games from London Studio. The best-known game series from London Studio include “EyeToy” and “SingStar”. The team also worked on the This is Football franchise and the PS2-exclusive third-person shooter The Getaway: Black Monday. In 2019, the studio's last titles, the first-person shooter “Blood & Truth” and “Erica”, were released, the former exclusively for PlayStation VR. Studio closure: May 7, 2024 Shortly after Sony, Electronic Arts confirmed that the company had to five percent of its global workforce dismissed. Part of these cuts was also the young development studio Ridgeline Games, whose teams were based in Kirkland and Seattle in the US state of Washington. The company was founded in 2021 by industry veteran Marcus Lehto, one of the creators of “Halo”. The new studio's focus would be on creating a story-driven Battlefield experience. However, the project may have been saved, because according to IGN it may have found a new home at Criterion. Studio closure: March 27, 2024 In 2020, the South Korean video game company Smilegate founded a new studio in Barcelona that would henceforth focus on the development of AAA games. The development team's first project was supposed to be an open-world console game that was never officially revealed. Director Stephane Blais confirmed the closure of the studio on LinkdIn (via VGC). He didn't go into further detail, but he described the last six months as “pretty intense.” Studio closure: May 2024 The studio whose final demise may have caused the greatest outrage among gamers in the recent past was certainly Tango Gameworks. Video game legend Shinji Mikami (“Resident Evil”) founded the company in March 2010 in Odaiba, Tokyo. In the same year, the young company was taken over by Bethesda's parent company ZeniMax Media. The studio has been part of Microsoft Gaming since March 2021. Tango Gameworks' Hi-Fi Rush is a critical and gamer favorite! Over the course of its history, the development team has produced four console games, most notably the two horror games „The Evil Within“ and „The Evil Within 2“. The action adventure, initially exclusive to PlayStation 5, followed later „Ghostwire: Tokyo“. With the surprise release of the rhythm action game „Hi-Fi Rush“ Tango Gameworks achieved a real surprise hit in 2023, which should be nominated for numerous awards. But neither the outcry within the industry and players nor that last one positive „Review-Bombing“ of the game were able to prevent the closure of the Japanese studio. Before we get to the next studio, another small addition: At the beginning we talked about four Microsoft teams whose closure was decided. Like Alpha Dog Games, Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks, the studio became Roundhouse Games Although it is also closed, this special team, which, among other things, worked as support on “Redfall”, is moving over to the “The Elder Scrolls Online” makers at ZeniMax Online Studios. Studio closure: February 9, 2024 After five years, the Seattle-based development team at Threshold Games also had to close its doors forever. The studio was founded in 2019 by June Saphry. The game that the small team was working on will no longer see the light of day. Like lead producer Astra Ebonwing LinkedIn revealed that press work for the title should start in March of this year. However, “unforeseen reasons” led to the studio’s closure guided. Studio closure: January 18, 2024 At the beginning of the year, Threaks also hit a German indie development studio. The Hamburg-based company announced LinkedInthat the company's development department must be closed after 15 years. Over the course of its history, the team has worked on 18 commercial games released on 12 platforms. The studio's works include “All I Have Is Time” and “Battle Planet – Judgment Day”. “Battle Planet – Judgment Day” is one of the games from the closed German studio Threaks. CEO Wolf Lang wrote on the occasion of Threaks' closure LinkedIn: “What a sad and super exciting day! After 15 years we are closing our first company forever (more details in the post). I am super grateful for the life that Threaks created for me and that led to the founding of Super Crowd GmbH in 2018.” The company is still hoping for a miracle, but the signs are probably not too good. Studio closure: January 18, 2024 After three years and three completed video games, this development studio was also called “Game Over” in January 2024. Walter Hill, who worked as an associate software engineer at Wimo Games, announced LinkedIn the end of the Texas-based indie developer and publisher. All 35 team members have therefore lost their jobs. A day later, CEO Dave Rosen confirmed GamesIndustry.biz the end of his company. In addition to the mobile title “RPG Dice: Heroes of Whitestone”, Wimo Games also published the two VR games “Battle Bows” and “Micro Machines: Mini Challenge Mayhem”. Further reports on layoffs and studio closures. Discuss this news in the PlayStation Forum Links to Amazon, Media Markt, Saturn and some other retailers are usually affiliate links. When you make a purchase, we receive a small commission with which we can finance the free-to-use site. You have no disadvantages.
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