What would the community be without obsessed and eager fans huh? (thanks Carbon Filter) Developers of the Xbox 360 and GFW title, Shadowrun, officially closed its doors today making what many speculated about for months, true. I suppose we can all put to bed any dreams of future content or maps.
In a message left on the official forums for Shadowrun, Mitch Gitelman (former head of FASA Studio) had this to say:
“It is my sad duty to announce that FASA Studio has officially closed its doors. Today was the official last day of employment for those of us who had not moved on to other positions within Microsoft Game Studios.”
Speculation about the future of FASA had been going on even before the game was announced but that speculation was always denied. I suppose the weird happenings with Shadowrun’s achievement listing that Squidpunch messaged me about is less weird now. Maybe FASA Studio will emerge again as EPD Service?
What say you? Would this decision have stopped you from buying Shadowrun had you known there would be no future content support?
September 13th, 2007 at 11:55 am
Yeah, it is sad to see FASA close down.
However, it is good that the employees are working in other areas of Microsoft Game Studio.