What is your favorite game studio that closed?

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#1  Edited By BestUsernameEver
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Following a steady flow of news out of THQ, it's apparent they are in extremely tough times right now, and without a major release happening anytime soon, they probably won't catch a break either. My prediction is grim for the studio, they have so little going for them other than Saint's row and darksiders, and even then, those aren't major blockbusters (aside from SR3). While it's always sad to see a game studio shut down, I can't exactly bring myself to care about the THQ situation, I didn't like any saints row really, and barely played Darksiders, so if they do go away, ehh, I don't care. But I wanted to know, because of this development, what is a studio you guys were sad to see go? 'Rare games' I guess counts because they are absolutely not the same developer they used to be. Publishers count as well, but I can't think of any aside from Aklaim. When it comes to my absolute favorite studio, it was sad to see both Hudson soft and Bizarre go. Technically Hudson shits it's doors officially March 1st, and Bizarre only closed shop last year. So what are some of your iconic studios that you hated to see go?

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#2  Edited By SpaceRunaway

Compile.

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#3  Edited By Dagbiker

Pandemic, Ironicly? owned by THQ Nevermind it was EA

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#4  Edited By PeasantAbuse

@Dagbiker said:

Pandemic, Ironicly? owned by THQ Nevermind it was EA

Pandemic is my choice as well.

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I remember being pretty disapointed when Seeds got shut down, though in the end it led to Platinum so it wasn't all bad. Capcom's not been the same since though.
Also Game Republic, Cavia and Cing as I felt they all were responsible for some great games and had a good deal more to offer.

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#6  Edited By matthias2437

Bioware. Oh wait bioware didn't close, just sold out.

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#7  Edited By laserbolts

Pandemic for sure. The saboteur and mercs 2 were friggin amazing.

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#8  Edited By fox01313

Troika Games, who did the Vampire Masquerade Bloodlines game. there might have been others who closed yet made games I enjoy playing but Troika is the first that comes to mind with that question.

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#9  Edited By killacam

squaresoft...

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#10  Edited By djn3811

I don't know whether it actually closed but I always enjoyed EA Sports Big games, (SSX and NBA/NFL Street)

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#11  Edited By nightriff

I know it isn't closed but it seems like it is just a matter of time....Silicon Knights....sniff. Did my favorite game of all time in Eternal Darkness. Did a solid remake of MGS which introduced me to the Metal Gearverse which I love annnnnnnnd....nothing good since then. They seemed like they were going to be a great developer and then something just went wrong...very sad for me.

@matthias2437 said:

Bioware. Oh wait bioware didn't close, just sold out.

HAHA so true

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#12  Edited By BestUsernameEver

@matthias2437 said:

Bioware. Oh wait bioware didn't close, just sold out.

I think ME3 will decide if Bioware went fully down the toilet for me.

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#13  Edited By handlas

mmmmm maybe Bizarre Creations. They made some fun stuff.

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#14  Edited By Animasta

Cavia, purely because of Nier

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#16  Edited By MooseyMcMan

Factor 5. Lair may have been a complete and udder mess, but I really love the Rogue Squadron games, and its a shame that there will probably never be another one. Also, I'm convinced that if Lair had another year in development, they could have ironed out those bugs and put out an awesome game.

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#17  Edited By Brackstone

I guess the one that made me the saddest was GSC, but now they're back in business again, so it doesn't really count.

Apart from that I have to say Ensemble. They made some amazing games.

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#18  Edited By dalkalopagus

Defiantly Clover studios.

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#19  Edited By beargirl1

probably Bizarre Creations ; ;

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#20  Edited By Skytylz

@DrDarkStryfe said:

Ensemble Studios. I am a huge, huge fan of the Age of Empires series, and was pretty bummed out when it was announced that they would be shut down after Halo Wars came out.

Definitely Ensemble for me too. I want a real new Age of Empires!

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#21  Edited By tim_the_corsair

Ion Storm (Spector, not fucking Romero), Westwood, Origin, Ensemble,Troika

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#22  Edited By Grimluck343

@matthias2437 said:

Bioware. Oh wait bioware didn't close, just sold out.

Zing!

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#23  Edited By LastNinja

Bullfrog :*(

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It's pretty cliché but, in all honesty, Midway Games. I spent a good portion of my youth in arcades. They had some of my favorite games and usually took up most of my allowance. That and Daytona USA.

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#26  Edited By hughesman

Luxoflux. (Vigilante 8)

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#27  Edited By penguindust

Westwood Studios. Although they didn't die outright. They were absorbed by EA and liquidated in 2003 because it wasn't living up to commercial expectations. I guess that's sort of the same thing as dying though.

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#28  Edited By MideonNViscera

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squaresoft...

haha Fucker, that's what I came to say.

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#29  Edited By Masha2932

Pandemic- I really enjoyed The Saboteur, Mercenaries: Playground of destruction and Destroy all humans.

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#30  Edited By isomeri

Bizarre Creations. I really enjoyed the Project Gotham Racing games, not to mention Geometry Wars.

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#31  Edited By WickedFather

Free Radical - duhhh.

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#32  Edited By mandude

Free Radical

Ensemble.

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#33  Edited By obcdexter

cavia - talk about creativity. Hopefully the big guns of that former ensemble will end up writing another story or two for future games.

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#34  Edited By BulletproofMonk
@mandude said:

Free Radical

Ensemble.

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#36  Edited By cutyoface

Bizarre Creations, They made such great games.

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#37  Edited By tescovee

Black Isle Studios

Wow can't believe i am the first to mention them

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#38  Edited By Pyso

Bullfrog, no doubt. Never the same after EA destroyed acquired them.

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#39  Edited By Icemael

It's between Clover and Nazca.

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#40  Edited By themangalist

@Skytylz said:

@DrDarkStryfe said:

Ensemble Studios. I am a huge, huge fan of the Age of Empires series, and was pretty bummed out when it was announced that they would be shut down after Halo Wars came out.

Definitely Ensemble for me too. I want a real new Age of Empires!

I don't think that's possible. AoM was okay but AoC was legendary. Unless they make a sequel with Starcraft 2 level precision, I doubt I would want to play another loose 3d rts.

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Free Radical - duhhh.
This is the right answer. Bizarre Creations and Pandemic are somewhat close seconds though.
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#44  Edited By Jeust
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Bullfrog :*(

I really miss Bullfrog. There isn't any studio quite like it. 
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#45  Edited By Hosstile17

3D Realms - Not for the games. Certainly not for the games. But, for the crazy stories and rumors. That place was insane.

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Westwood Studios, too bad EA gutted them.

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#48  Edited By Amukasa

Microprose......Sadface

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#49  Edited By MysteriousBob

@DrDarkStryfe said:

Ensemble Studios. I am a huge, huge fan of the Age of Empires series, and was pretty bummed out when it was announced that they would be shut down after Halo Wars came out.

I agree, AOE is the only RTS game I've ever enjoyed.

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#50  Edited By Tennmuerti
  1. Westwood
  2. Bullfrog
  3. Black Isle