Yesterday we found out that FASA Interactive has closed its doors. The developer behind such games as Crimson Skies and Shadowrun has ceased to exist. No big fanfare or hoopla. Just a post on their community forums. Seems a little sad and a little strange. I'm sure this happens more often then we know in the industry, but it almost feels the same as when a radio station goes off the air. There's little to no warnings (although the rumors were there), and then it's just gone. All the sudden your station is playing ranchero music and called The Sombrero. This, of course, puts one more nail in the coffin of Shadowrun. I was holding out hope for some new maps or gametypes that would appear as DLC, but that won't happen now.
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but...didn't many/most/some of the employees just move over into the all encompassing "Microsoft Game Studios" umbrella?
It is hard to keep track of which companys(particularly game companies) MSFT folds in(ala FASA) and which ones it keeps whole(like Bungie).
I hope they all did find good jobs.
So sad! I did my intership at FIT, back when it was in Chicago.
Thanks for the Twitter add!
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