Australian studio Krome closing?

....if only i were a game designer.....

Wh-- what??? Krome studiosis closing?!?!?

I don't think sales of Legend of the Guardians are too good, so that doesn't help. It's not even available on some platforms from some notable online retailers here in the UK.

@ NV27 What? When? Where? How did I miss 2 sequels....

@Sirbobislost There were actually two sequels, but I agree. :(

It's very very unfortunate... But I so often ask myself how game developers, who clearly have some good talent in their ranks, end up making really bad games? And I assure you, its the engineers and artists who get laid off (the folks who play games and have passion). Mean while the idiotic executives, who don't play games (Its obvious so don't even try and deny it) stick around wondering where it all went wrong. Gamers should make games... If you don't have Gears of War game complete achievement, Uncharted 2 Complete trophy and perhaps some Halo, Metal Gear, Heavy Rain, Mass Effect trophies/achievements then don't bother applying. Hows that for a revolutionary approach to hiring project directors for game development?

The Games industry is pretty ruthless. If you don't put out at least one high rating title, then it seems you are doomed. Nonetheless it is sad to see another aussie developer go down. Hopefully some smaller indie devs will take their place.

The studio grew then the crash --- maybe the best thing for a studio today is to keep it runnin' lean and mean-and focus on quality over quantity. haven't played the other titles, but to me -Ty The Tasmanian Tiger was an awesome kids platformer with an excellent ambient soundtrack -

well, if their most renowned game was the obscure ty the tasmanian then it is quite understandable that they are in the position they are now. Blade kitten was quite terrible too.

Bye bye Ty The Tasmanian tiger I have fond memorys of you Shame there was never a sequel :(

I always feel bad for them joes when they lose their studio. Men and women who lose their jobs is always tough but hopefully they will find better venture out there...

Not Bogus. It has already happened.

Looks like we'll never see the promised Episode 2 of Blae Kitten : (

it is a slight shame their gone, but I'd care more if they made any good games. Now they won't be able to improve.

It's sad to see any developer go under, whether they made mediocre games or not. Best of luck to all laid off employees in finding new positions in the industry.

I keep hearing about how well games are selling and then I read this. I hope they can find work :(

This just ain't good in any way shape or form..

They put out Blade Kitten--their most recent release--at the worst possible release window.. which was at the same day as the PC/PS3 release of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and at the same price.

And nothing of value was lost.

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Another one bites the dust. :cry:

i feel they have been left behind and still producing mediocre games, the games market is so tough even for good games that if you release rubbish then sales are non existant. games room is so so but they have released nothing of any standard for years. i don't know what they are still working on but not holding my breath

this kind of sucks, they did a fairly good job with gameroom, its just a pity that the games released for it havent been up to scratch, the interface is fantastic though.

poor krome. I remembered when I used to play ty when I was a kid..

I looked them up on wikipedia. They did not make a single game worth buying. Most of the line up was bad PS2 kiddy plat formers.

If only the AUd was closer to 0.50USD then studios would be getting contracts. The higher the AUD is the worse off the Australian game industry will be.

Krome deserves to be closed down completly. since when did they make a decent game?? waste of money, waste of jobs, waste of games. RIP KROME STUDIOS AUSTRALIA. GIVE THUMBS UP IF YOU AGREE!!!

Looks like we have Blue Tongue (the de Blob guys) left... Shame that Krome didn't get the attention they deserved.

If they created anything good they would not be closing(?) the computer game industry is one of the only industry when quality will sell (generally)

Ty was great, to bad we never got to see more of him

Is it weird that I am seeing the Sonic Adventure picture for the Blade Kitten review?

It does suck that people lose their jobs but come on... how many game studios out there are pumping out mediocre products that really have no value? Not even Ty was successful enough to justify comments like "at least that one was a good game." I'm actually surprised they survived this long with the low quality of what they've been making, and the way they've churned through staff over the years as well (at least in the Brisbane studio, not sure about Melbourne). Now, this kind of thing NEEDS to happen to a few AAA developers because they simply don't belong in this industry. Look a what MoH turned into.... failing that bad with the budget and support they had behind them is criminal. Kick those developers/designers to the curb and hire some of the genuinely brilliant indie guys out there that are struggling!!!

@gbrading I hate the fact that people will lose their jobs, but even game room is not that big a deal to keep them going, they should have tryed to come up with original ideas and keep the good games coming, unfortunetly they didn't

Well, the only game these guys made i ever played was the original Ty, which was pretty good actually, but if what pretty much everyone else says is true then everything else they have made is well, crap.

@MJ12-Conspiracy: Took the words out of my mouth, but I would like to point out that a game should not be under appreciated just because it is a kid's game. A good game is a good game regardless of who it is aimed at. Legend of the Guardian faltered because it is what it is; a rushed movie license game.

Let's all buy Blade Kitten to help them.

It definitely looks like we may have seen the last of Krome. Game Room was a stellar idea. Bringing old school games to Xbox 360 was pretty nice.

Less devs means less market saturation... not good for jobs but technically its better for the whole industry.

Ty was a good game. Wish they made another one.......

I hate to hear about developers closing down and people losing their jobs but if all you do is release mediocre games I hate to say it but this is what happens. Honestly, I played with Gameroom for a week when it first launched but I got bored with it. I thought Blade kitten was obnoxious and Legend of Guardians was a kids game...

NOOO! ....Wait, I forgot..... I don't care.

Ehh seen this coming -__-

hate to hear about people losing their jobs, but these guys really did nothing of importance I can think of as far as games go.

Well this sux. They sure were an ok company back in the day.

RIP Krome if not bogus

:( noooo i love Ty ...those were my days

Perhaps a steep decline in it's gaming industry will get Australia to make the changes necessary to allow it to be competitive.

I had always heard of Krome... typically about how bad they were from day one. No seriously, what exactly did they make that would have defined them as a studio? Nothing.

Sorry and best of luck to the employees but nothing of value was lost here.