I can see those 200 employees filing a class-action lawsuit to Activision for it.

Well if they do I hope to god they win, they should get every penny from Activisions pockets.

Hear, hear!

>>Bizarre Creations have been established since 1994 and are most highly known for their work on the Geometry Wars and Project Gotham Racing franchises.

They've stopped PGR and Geometry Wars?

Someone get my gun.

The games are available.

thats true but we will never see a new one now, unless those 200 employees either make a new studio or get hired by someone else.

They should make a new studio. Hell I'd do that.

Agree, they were a great dev team I wish them the very best :C

Never got into PGR but fucking loved Geometry Wars.

*grabs gun* Lets go Bobby hunting >:C

Huh. So a single one of their games isn't received well by the public and Activision closes them down.

Lame. :V

Thats Activisions policy "If your game doesn't sell 5 million in one day, your not worth staying in business"

This is why we can't have good things.

And this is why we need to start complaining to Activision about their bullshit policies.

As much as I'd like to, I hardly think that's going to do anything.

That's true, unless we start hitting them in the pocketbook.

Not always true, look at what happened to Infinity Ward.

it always makes me kind of sad to see activision acting like a big evil company, given that they started when a group of atari vcs programmers left atari over not getting any credit for their work. on the other hand, they're just following in electronic arts' footsteps; ea started with the intent of celebrating the "software artists" who made the games the same way the music industry celebrated rock stars.

and on the other hand... big games cost a ton of money to make, more than big-budget films in some cases. from a financial standpoint, you really can't afford too much failure before the creditors come calling. this unfortunately does lead to a lot of creative conservatism; when the person with the wild creative vision isn't the one in charge of the decision as to where the money goes, it's a lot easier to greenlight "safe" projects that won't break bold new ground but also probably won't tank.

i wonder what activision's finances are like nowadays? if they're closing a studio after one flop, they're probably running pretty close to the edge. that is, assuming a healthy proportion of their income is poured back into funding development of more games.

Never played any of their games, but it always sucks when you hear that good people lost their jobs. :C

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RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!!!!!

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I'm so glad to hear someone agrees^^
and I'm not buying any activision game ever, as I started with a while before cod:mw2 came out

Same, I'd rather have my money go to a company that deserves it.

indeed

D: Boo, Activision. BOO.

I've never been too fond of them, although I've liked some of their games. As a company I was never a fan.

I dislike EA, the most. x3 Maybe they'll team up and become a super slime-ball developer.

EA joins with Activision?

Very unlikely they would seeing how they are both competing with each other.

Oh yeah, I know, and they are very similar. x3

But Square and Enix were rivals at a time...In fact, if you think back...it's WEIRD that they joined up. But they did. And became SUPER RPG COMPANY. xD So EA + Activision could, theoretically, band together and become SUPER DOUCHE COMPANY. xD

Well ok you have a point there and if that ever happens I might as well say "screw this gen, I'm going back to my PS2 or the Wii"

Haha, I'd be with ya. xD

lol I really need to get back into Nintendo, been leaving them in the dark for to long .A.

xD My boyfriend's all about Nintendo [fanboy], I probably play about half of their releases nowadays, because I am involved in too many franchises now. x3

But Zelda always has priority 1. :D