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Aliens vs. Predator Developer Closes Studio

Rebellion, developer of Aliens vs. Predator (and the awesome Sniper Elite) has announced that it will be closing its Derby studio as well as cutting some staff in its Oxford office. CEO Jason Kingsley said that they ‘œcouldn’t find any solution other than the closure for the Derby studio.’

Kingsley said that the developer, which created the original Aliens vs. Predator game back in 1994, has ‘œtwo unannounced titles at different stages of development’ which they hope to be unveiling soon. He also said that they’ve done well with some of their back catalogue titles such as Sniper Elite and the original AvP. Kingsley continued to say that they will now focus on DLC for the newest AvP and are ‘œthinking about the potential for a sequel and how we can make it an even better game.”

Kingsley also said that they were planning to produce smaller, digitally released games through services such as Steam, where ‘œwe can explore with some smaller, more indie type game ideas.’

Comments

Naughton Says:
March 18th, 2010 at 5:02 pm   (Reply)

Wow, that’s surprising, seeing as how well AvP did with the critics that liked AvP.

ParaParaKing Says:
March 18th, 2010 at 9:39 pm   (Reply)

@Naughton: According to Wikipedia sales are pretty good though.

Also Derby did Rogue Warrior. A game most people have already forgotten about.


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