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07-29-2009, 02:53 PM
Joystiq are about right on this one. It was nice not to do lay-off news for a while. Regardless, Foundation 9 will be carrying out cut backs, mergers and closures with various studios.
The group's Austin, Texas-based Fizz Factor studio will be closed, while the Amaze and Griptonite teams (both based in Kirkland) will be merged under the leadership of the latter's studio head, J.C. Connors. According to a statement released by Foundation 9, "Having separate 'console' and 'handheld' studios under the same roof simply didn't make sense in light of the convergence in capabilities of modern game hardware!" Exclamation point.
Foundation 9 will also be implementing cutbacks at Double Helix, the Californian studio responsible for Konami's Xbox 360 and PS3 stab at survival-horror, Silent Hill Homecoming.
More here. (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/29/foundation-9-closes-fizz-factor-studio-cuts-back-at-double-heli/)
I loved Homecoming.
The group's Austin, Texas-based Fizz Factor studio will be closed, while the Amaze and Griptonite teams (both based in Kirkland) will be merged under the leadership of the latter's studio head, J.C. Connors. According to a statement released by Foundation 9, "Having separate 'console' and 'handheld' studios under the same roof simply didn't make sense in light of the convergence in capabilities of modern game hardware!" Exclamation point.
Foundation 9 will also be implementing cutbacks at Double Helix, the Californian studio responsible for Konami's Xbox 360 and PS3 stab at survival-horror, Silent Hill Homecoming.
More here. (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/29/foundation-9-closes-fizz-factor-studio-cuts-back-at-double-heli/)
I loved Homecoming.