Disney Plans to Shutter Split/Second Developer Black Rock Studio

Any time that a developer close its doors is sad. Plus, Pure and Split Second were above average SOLID games. 
It's such a shame, here's to hoping that they'll find work soon.

WTF? These guys made awesome games. PURE was and still is the ONLY atv game ever worth giving a damn about and Split Second looked really damn good.

It's odd to see how companies that can crank out some good stuff get shut down, and yet Obsidian is still kicking around. Just sayin and this also makes me scratch my head.

I was about to say something about this happening on a holiday weekend, then realized they're based in the UK. Either way, still sucks, as they made great games.

Yeah, fuck Disney.

But remember... it's the sale of used games that's hurting the industry... [/HEAVY SARCASM]

GOD I hate people like this...

Pure and Split/Second were really fun games, wanted them to have a second try at least one of them. I wish all the employees good luck in finding new jobs.

And Disney was suddenly a thing again too.

I would say positive reviews mean absolutely nothing now in the world of video games.

Shit, I really liked Pure and Split/Second. I was hoping for more racing titles from them.

WHEN WILL IT END!?!?!

WAHAHAHAHA...

I never played any of those games, not much of a race fan, though I can say that stinks.  

I hope everyone can find a new job.

                                                      !!!! DAMN YOU MICKEY MOUSE !!!!    

Hope these guys can land on their feet and find some new work soon - only just rediscovered Split/Second and it is indeed an awesome game.

Not a racing game fan myself but I still bought Split/Second and I loved every minute of it. It was less "driving in circles" and more "participating in a car scene in a Micheal Bay movie" and it's a shame they won't be doing it again

First off fuck Disney.. Is there anything they don't ruin or at least attempt to ruin? 
 
Second, so the workers have 90 days to do what? I'd clock in then leave.. make them pay me to search for new work. Make them pay me overtime too.. what are they going to do fire you?

This is sad state of events. From what I played, Black Rock made very good games. I own Pure and love it.

And this is why I really hope that the indie game industry keeps getting more popular and successful. Corporate games just do not seem to pan out very well. Really hoping that this industry can go back to being more entrepreneurial and driven by the desire to make good games, without having to rely on the cash of the people who would rather have big bucks. :(

Definitely not good news for the UK games industry. Especially seeing as their games by all accounts have been pretty good.
 
Maybe there'll be a silver lining if the 2 new companies go off and succeed.  Really hope so.
Also, ShortRound Games is an awesome name for a games studio.

I really liked Pure. Fond memories.

@TotalEklypse: Disney pulled the trick of giving the remaining developers hope by getting them to work on a project for those 90 days. It's happened before, probably happen again.

Pretty terrible to report on black rock shutting down and not report on GameRepublic a far better game developer and it has a much more crazy story of how they shut down

also the dude that made time pilot and streets of rage was the ceo

So is this a sing that Disney isn't doing well in their push into the game industry?

The dev could never get the balance right in their games. 

There was a time when Disney showed promise as a solid figure in the industry.

Dun goofed. 

@KingLouis51: Wow, way to completely miss the point. Black Rock made excellent games that deserved to do well and mostly didn't because Disney is a pile of shit who, like every media conglomerate that has gotten into the video game business as of late, didn't understand that video games are a gigantic investment and really hard to make profitable (see also: MTV Games). I mean, fuck, look at Split/Second - they launched it against two other arcade racers and Red Dead fucking Redemption; of course it wasn't going to light the charts on fire! Did that stop it from being an excellent game that should have been expanded upon? Fuck no.

The only logical thing for a businessman to do is not waste time in video games if you're not going to do it right, because then you just end up screwing over a ton of people who don't deserve it, and Black Rock don't deserve it. Or are you such a corporate cheerleader that you missed that?

Gay, I LOVED Split/Second!