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This is unfortunate.Major publisher Take-Two Interactive shuts down rollerdrome studio roll 7 and Kerbal space program 2 According to documents confirmed by Team Intercept Games: bloomberg.
Roll7 is based in London and was founded in 2008. by lifelong friends Tom Hegarty and Simon Bennett. Roll7 is the studio in the back oriori, oriori world and rollerdromea great game with all wheel-based mechanics. oriori This work was a hit on Vita in 2014. world Landing in early 2022 — both are great, especially the latter, which is a flow state-inducing skateboarding platformer with an adorable art style. rollerdrome It was one of my favorite games of 2022. It’s a charming third-person roller skating and gunplay game that feels like a piece of 1970s dystopian science fiction.
Roll7 has received several prestigious awards over the years, including the most recent one. BAFTA and dice. As the studio name suggests, the developers at Roll7 know how to make incredibly smooth action games.
Take-Two acquired Roll7 in November 2021, making it a subsidiary of its Private Division, the company’s label for small and medium-sized publishing deals.according to bloombergTake-Two plans to close Roll7 and provide severance packages to employees.
Intercept Games is based in Seattle and is responsible for: Kerbal space program 2, a popular flight simulation title, is technically still in early access on Steam. Take-Two founded Intercept in 2020 specifically for management purposes. Kerbal space program 2the game was published in February 2023 and has been receiving updates since then.
Take-Two has not yet confirmed that it will shut down Intercept Games, but it hasn’t said it won’t either.submitted by the company Notice in Washington On Monday, it outlined plans to lay off 70 people and permanently close businesses across the state. kerbal The developers confirmed that they had recently left the company. Private Division will continue to be updated. Kerbal space program 2said Take-Two in a statement.
Take-Two is one of the largest video game companies, with reported revenue of $5.3 billion last year. The company is the owner of Grand Theft Auto and the parent company of Rockstar Games, 2K, Private Division, Zynga, and most recently Gearbox Software. Take Two acquired Borderlands studio Gearbox in March for $460 million. Grand Theft Auto VIArguably the most anticipated game of the decade, the game is set to add billions of dollars to Take-Two’s revenue in 2025.
In April, Take-Two announced plans to lay off about 600 people, or 5% of its workforce, by the end of 2024. In addition, some projects under development have also been canceled. When news of the planned layoffs broke last month, Take-Two didn’t say which studios would be hit, but we now know that Roll7 and Intercept are among them. .The company laid off several private sector employees. in 2023 In the same way.
The video game industry is estimated to have laid off an estimated 9,400 people by 2024, and a total of 10,500 employees in 2023. Sony, Microsoft, and Riot Games have collectively laid off 3,300 employees this year alone. Embracer Group’s financial collapse continues to widen, with numerous studios closing and 1,400 displaced workers.