Irrational Games to shut down

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Irrational Games to shut down; BioShock developers out of a job
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Fenroar	Feb 18 2014, 10:18 AM Post #1
Perfectionist Posts: 3,036 Group: E Rank Legend Member #9,478 Joined: November 2, 2008 Gender: Male 3DS Friend Code: 1504-6189-5960	BioShock studio Irrational Games is shutting down Kind of sad to see. A company with three triple-A games is going out of business. A bad sign that leaves me worried for the future of gaming. :/ I don't want to see mobile gaming dominate the market. Discuss and thoughts. I have yet to play the games (I have the original and Infinite, going to find 2 after beating the first) but I'm sure there's fans around here.



Neo Metallix	Feb 18 2014, 10:45 AM Post #2
~Doomsday Overlord~ Posts: 15,568 Group: =SB= Emperor Member #1 Joined: April 8, 2006 Gender: Male Country: United States of America Playstation Network ID: Doc_Of_D Game Currently Playing: Tales of Xillia	This is surprising but it says in the article that it's not due to financial issues, it's because Ken Levine doesn't want to manage a large team such as Irrational. He wants a smaller team and that does not mean he wants to do iPhone games, likely an Arcade/PSN game. Sometimes having such a large team is stressful. With how well the 3DS, PS4, and X1 are doing I don't see traditional gaming going anywhere. Edited by Neo Metallix, Feb 18 2014, 10:45 AM.
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Fenroar	Feb 18 2014, 12:32 PM Post #3
Perfectionist Posts: 3,036 Group: E Rank Legend Member #9,478 Joined: November 2, 2008 Gender: Male 3DS Friend Code: 1504-6189-5960	Neo Metallix Feb 18 2014, 10:45 AM This is surprising but it says in the article that it's not due to financial issues, it's because Ken Levine doesn't want to manage a large team such as Irrational. He wants a smaller team and that does not mean he wants to do iPhone games, likely an Arcade/PSN game. Sometimes having such a large team is stressful. With how well the 3DS, PS4, and X1 are doing I don't see traditional gaming going anywhere. Oh my bad. That was just an article I googled so I could find a source. Only heard the news off my twitter feed but didn't know the specifics, just assumed. But that's good, I guess. People are still losing their jobs / getting cut though so I just hope they could find new ones soon.



Neo Metallix	Feb 18 2014, 01:46 PM Post #4
~Doomsday Overlord~ Posts: 15,568 Group: =SB= Emperor Member #1 Joined: April 8, 2006 Gender: Male Country: United States of America Playstation Network ID: Doc_Of_D Game Currently Playing: Tales of Xillia	I just don't see why he couldn't have left and formed a new group so Irrational could stay making games. Whatever... It kinda seems selfish.
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