Report: Razorworks closing down

Never heard of Razorworks. It would be interesting if they were able to finish this game and it ended up being a hit. I hope all goes well for there employees.

that's too bad, but it's life it happens. Wish everyone the best in that company on what they move onto next

Other than Double Dragon, I've never heard of Razorworks games. Even if I saw them in the discount bin they would have been passed on.

I wonder if they'll give a discount for Double Dragon on XBL...hmmm.

Rest in peace Razorworks

razor has helped out on many games but they always get put in the backseat when other companies are involved in it as well. this is messed up, they were a good company.

LoL i have the game apache havoc.. that game is SO OLD

Oh my.... Why?

who?

Lol? Who is that.

Never heard of them. But still....sad

And this is news... why?

One look at the titles they released tells you this was long overdue.

Who on earth is Razorworks?? Never heard of them before.

This has nothing to do with EA, its more of an economy issue. The US dollar is weak and becuase historically the dollar has been a very strong competitor many companies who had American investments or were banking on making X amount of dollars with their title release are suddenly making far smaller profit returns. I mean the dollar is very fragile right now relatively speaking. For example lets say a game is developed in Canada by Ubisoft. Now typically when a game is developed in Canada and shipped in the US a $59.99 sale of a game registered as lets say $90 Canadian dollars after currency conversion.... well now all the sudden the Canadian looney is worth more than the dollar so when they sell a game for 59.99 they will not be making 90 Canadian dollars but instead more like 50 .... when you put that in terms of a hundred thousand copies or more sold it turns out to be quite a big impact on sales which can lead to smaller publishers loosing money and eventually closing their doors.

Don't know who Razorworks is. But Empire Interactive has been involved in some way with pretty fun stuff. Like the Flatout games, Taito Legends, Bubble Bobble Old & New, etc.

people who claim that it's because of EA and such are wrong. If the company made good games, it would exist. Problem is acquiring the funds to make a great game, but money can't make bad developers suddenly good developers.

I consider this to be a culling of sorts, Bad development studios that but out bad games are going away.

Who????

Not that I've ever heard of this developer before but I have to say "God ANOTHER developer is shutting it's doors?! I thought the gaming industry wasn't being affected too badly by the recession!"

Never heard of these people so who cares.

Never heard of them.

Is this supposed to be a bad thing?

And the industry just keeps getting smaller.

I guess I only have one question at this time: Who?

no!! I loved APache Havok

@Alastes Yes, you're right. They're being shut out by companies that make good games instead of the crap Razorworks has released.

Ford Racing = Best game ever [/irony]

Small studios cannot live out there unless yo keep the team small. Take a look at the studio that made Stubbs the Zombie. The business models have to change or else mergers are the only way to keep things running.

Wow, what a strong line up. Ford Racing was the suck.

Just another small studio getting shut out by the likes of EA and other major gaming companies