Activision shut down Shaba Games

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alfredofroylan on 08 October 2009

Yep the developers of Spider-Man "Web of Shadows" and Tony Hawk's Project 8 were shutted down by the Activision's new policies:

well activision is restructuring corporate wise, they want each studio to "own" a franchise and Shaba didn't own anything we were almost the Spider-Man studio but then the boss at Shaba didn't want to so we became a studio without a franchise or specialty and Bobby Kotick doesn't want a studio that has experience doing multiple genres. it was sad.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=376411

Also seems like good ol' Activision is laying off some people from other studios.

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cgkc17 on 08 October 2009

is bobby kotick fucking retarded?!?

too bad for the employees of shaba studios. hopefully they'll be picked up or assimilated by other developers :-/

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Zlejedi on 08 October 2009

It must suck to work for Activision

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makingmusic476 on 08 October 2009

Neversoft don't do Tony Hawk anymore? That explains a lot.

Activision are a bunch of idiots. They take a team like Neversoft away from something they're good at, and have them work on a franchise in a completely different genre, successfully running it into the ground.

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famousringo on 08 October 2009

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PullusPardus on 08 October 2009

Lmao, i think they will fire all their inhouse teams until they remain only with Infinity ward and the GH team

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Fufinu on 08 October 2009

Activision = new EA

Makes sense following the interview of that manager guy. Anyone still remembers that?

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Ajescent on 08 October 2009

Bobby is a pretty cool guy, he fucks activision over and eH doesn't afraid of anything.

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badgenome on 08 October 2009

This is just a reminder to the peons of Activision's company mantra: "skepticism, pessimism, and fear."

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Demotruk on 08 October 2009

It's simple, with "specialist" studios making one genre, Activision can run a franchise into the ground and then dump the studio (after milking it). A jack-of-all-trades studio wouldn't fit well into this plan.

My only question is, where are they going to get the next big franchise? That strategy relies on having a replacement once your current cow is dead.

A game I'm developing with some friends:

www.xnagg.com/zombieasteroids/publish.htm

It is largely a technical exercise but feedback is appreciated.

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