Schokkend nieuws vanuit de gamewereld. Irrational Games, de studio achter BioShock sluit namelijk haar deuren. De BioShock-serie gaat over naar 2K-Games. Overigens is het niet zo dat Ken Levine, de oprichter van de studio, helemaal er mee stopt. Hij start namelijk een nieuwe studio met zo’n 15 werknemers van Irrational. Deze nieuwe studio moet zich richten op games die vooral om het verhaal draaien, en een hoge herspeelbaarheid hebben. Een verklaring van Levine:
“I am winding down Irrational Games as you know it. I’ll be starting a smaller, more entrepreneurial endeavor at Take-Two. That is going to mean parting ways with all but about fifteen members of the Irrational team. There’s no great way to lay people off, and our first concern is to make sure that the people who are leaving have as much support as we can give them during this transition.
“Besides financial support, the staff will have access to the studio for a period of time to say their goodbyes and put together their portfolios. Other Take-Two studios will be on hand to discuss opportunities within the company, and we’ll be hosting a recruiting day where we’ll be giving 3rd party studios and publishers a chance to hold interviews with departing Irrational staff.
“In time we will announce a new endeavor with a new goal: To make narrative-driven games for the core gamer that are highly replayable. To foster the most direct relationship with our fans possible, we will focus exclusively on content delivered digitally.
“I’m handing the reins of our creation, the BioShock universe, to 2K so our new venture can focus entirely on replayable narrative. If we’re lucky, we’ll build something half as memorable as BioShock.”
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