Nier developer Cavia has officially been shuttered. Siliconera picked up on an interview with the studio's staff over at Japanese site 4Gamer, where the devs confirmed that Cavia would be closing its doors for good.

Cavia parent company AQ Interactive will reportedly take on any employees leftover from the closure. The studio was best known for its work on bizarre, dark action-RPGs like Drakengard and Nier, but it also had a hand in the recent Resident Evil rail shooters on the Wii.

Source: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3180363

About 2 weeks old. But I didn't see it. and this is news to me.

I really liked Cavias design style. Especially with Nier and Drakengard. Truly a sad day for me. You will be missed Cavia.

Old news they were absorded..not disbanded...its not that bad

Yeah but most of the staff is gone and their last game was Nier. Really does suck. I really wanted a Drakengard 3. :/

Wow, this sucks :( Well, at least I bought their last game (Nier)... but I guess that didn't help :S

I've never played Drakengard but I watched my younger brother playing it... I remember him riding a dragon and fighting a lot of soldiers... It looked like a good game.

I'm going to start playing Nier tomorrow now that I've got more free time and finished getting the platinum trophy in Final Fantasy XIII... It will be my first Cavia game... and the last one too :( It's sad because they seemed to make the kind of games I enjoy and this company was really starting to attract my attention :S

I'll try to enjoy Nier the most I can... it's the least I can do :/

It's a good game. Damn shame they are gone.

Yeah, I guess it is. I only installed the game and played the beginning until I found a save point in the village. The graphics didn't look good but, from the little time I've played it, the intro looked good, the soundtrack seems to be amazing and the story seems to be very interesting. For some reason I think it will have a sad story... But I guess I'll find out tomorrow.

I've got a strange feeling that this game will be one of those games that remain in one's memory and heart forever... at least for me... I don't know why :P

I guess it's sales weren't good enough :S This kind of news suck, lol :P

Graphics are bad. But everything else is awesome.

I like the RE rail shooters

It sucks but it happens.

The major shame here is that they never did get to make a truely great game that you could tell in most of their works that they were aspiring too.