Another sad day for the UK games industry, but in all honesty the writing was on the wall when they merged with the Warrington studios / Evolution. They're a victim of the industries push to AAA games, and as a more niche mid-tier publisher they simply couldn't carve out a market to make them profitable and sustainable. Sony (and the rest of the entire industry) either want AAA mega-hits like Uncharted and God of War, or low-cost indie darlings like Journey and The Unfinished Swan, what Liverpool produced was between these two are there just isn't a market for that sort of developement currently. Same fate happened to Zipper - games like Socom just can't deliver on either end of the spectrum and go forgotten.
I reckon we'll see Evolution studios gone in the next few years too, Sony seem keen to give them another shot after Apocalypse bombed but unless whatever they make next is a hit they'll be gone. On the otherhand Media Molecule sprung up out of nowhere and created one of the Sony's premier franchises, and while somewhat loathed Wonderbook is seemingly a key part of Sony's line up this year, so for now they've still put a lot on UK developement. For now.
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