Sora96 17,256 Posted April 16, 2015 Australia's last AAA studio, 2K Australia known for the BioShock games and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! is closing down. All Australia has left is sports devs, most notably Big Ant Studios. 2 WakelessDream and Kittenz reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kittenz 4,281 Posted April 16, 2015 NOoOoOoO!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aqua7KH 5,395 Posted April 16, 2015 So wait no more Bioshock? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soul Eater Evans 4,045 Posted April 16, 2015 Would you kindly not close, 2K Australia? 2 Kittenz and Alicia Maddox reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sora96 17,256 Posted April 16, 2015 Would you kindly not close, 2K Australia? Too late, it's confirmed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geralt 4,874 Posted April 16, 2015 Welp. There's plenty of other 2K studios! 8D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Key Sharkz 69 Posted April 16, 2015 So wait no more Bioshock? Actually 2K only published Bioshock. The company that made them (Irrational Games) announced they would not be developing more Bioshock in 2014, and the company has since become defunct. They laid off a majority of their employees, closed the company down and they are going off to go back to doing smaller titles as a small group again. Also guys, 2K is MOSTLY A publisher, and they have locations all over the world. This is just them trimming the fat. Considering how long games take to get to Australia, and how low their sales are because of censorship (some of the heaviest in the world) I imagine 2K just didn't see it as profitable to keep doing business there. 2 The_eternal_nothing and Kittenz reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geralt 4,874 Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) Actually 2K only published Bioshock. The company that made them (Irrational Games) announced they would not be developing more Bioshock in 2014, and the company has since become defunct. They laid off a majority of their employees, closed the company down and they are going off to go back to doing smaller titles as a small group again. Also guys, 2K is MOSTLY A publisher, and they have locations all over the world. This is just them trimming the fat. Considering how long games take to get to Australia, and how low their sales are because of censorship (some of the heaviest in the world) I imagine 2K just didn't see it as profitable to keep doing business there. Technically 2K Australia did help on the development of Bioshock 1 & 2 & provided additional work for Bioshock Infinite. Edited April 16, 2015 by Rainbow Dash Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sora96 17,256 Posted April 16, 2015 Actually 2K only published Bioshock. The company that made them (Irrational Games) announced they would not be developing more Bioshock in 2014, and the company has since become defunct. They laid off a majority of their employees, closed the company down and they are going off to go back to doing smaller titles as a small group again. Also guys, 2K is MOSTLY A publisher, and they have locations all over the world. This is just them trimming the fat. Considering how long games take to get to Australia, and how low their sales are because of censorship (some of the heaviest in the world) I imagine 2K just didn't see it as profitable to keep doing business there. 2K Australia wasn't a publisher, they were a developer. 1 Geralt reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hatok 6,413 Posted April 16, 2015 2K Australia wasn't a publisher, they were a developer. by the sounds of it they didn't really do anything important though, which is what people are worried about ITT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sora96 17,256 Posted April 16, 2015 by the sounds of it they didn't really do anything important though, which is what people are worried about ITT They did though, even ask the publishers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HeyMouseSayCheese 1,133 Posted April 16, 2015 I'm pretty sure the only BioShock game 2K Australia worked on was BioShock 2, which was totally the best one, so this is a shame. (I've also heard good things about The Pre-Sequel, but I don't have first hand experience with that game.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sora96 17,256 Posted April 16, 2015 I'm pretty sure the only BioShock game 2K Australia worked on was BioShock 2, which was totally the best one, so this is a shame. (I've also heard good things about The Pre-Sequel, but I don't have first hand experience with that game.) It's all here! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_Australia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HeyMouseSayCheese 1,133 Posted April 16, 2015 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_AustraliaYeah, I looked that up too. I must never have noticed they worked on the other ones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kab4002 17 Posted April 16, 2015 Australia's last AAA studio, 2K Australia known for the BioShock games and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! is closing down. All Australia has left is sports devs, most notably Big Ant Studios. Why are they closing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sora96 17,256 Posted April 16, 2015 Why are they closing? Money. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeybladeLordCheeseCurd 1,542 Posted April 16, 2015 Great. Now the only video games Australia has are sports games. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
