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Split/Second developer confirmed shut down

Posted Sep 3, 2011 at 5:56AM EST by Mabie A.

Listed in: News, Games Tags: black rock studios, disney interactive studios
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It's now official. Black Rock Studios, makers of racing game Split/Second, has shut down, this according to its mother company, Disney Interactive Sutdios. 


 

Rumors have been running rampant of the developer closing for about a couple of months now. They were supposedly working on a new project, an F2P RTS titled Champions Alliance, but that has been put on hold until this unfortunate final decision was made.

 

 

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Back when word first broke out about the closure, Black Rock said in a statement, "Disney InteractiveStudios confirms that Black Rock Studios' current project has not been greenlit for further development, consequently  the company informed employees yesterday of the intent to enter a consultation process on the proposal to close the studios."

Just before that, in May, Disney also laid off some of the staff within their own studios, indicating of more financial troubles than they would want. 





Via [Eurogamer]

 



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# bloody great :(don77 2011-09-04 03:12
I love games like this. I had crash and burn for the ps2 and played it so much the disc stopped working. When split second came out bought it right away.

Why cant games like this live? Split second had a story line which was amazing considering most racing games are just racing.

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# RE: Split/Second developer confirmed shut downDaveH 2011-09-05 22:58
Sad news, I happened to enjoy this game a lot.

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