The Melbourne chapter of the International Game Developers Association has confirmed reports EA has closed Visceral Games Australia.
The confirmation comes after Kotaku was informed of the closure by a source this weekend. Visceral's Melbourne arm contributed to Dead Space, Godfather 2 and Dante's Inferno, according to the site.
It had also been working on a now cancelled triple-A Xbox 360 and PS3 game for three years. The site claims DICE CEO Patrick Soderlund, who is also vice president of EA's Games Label, decided that the title wouldn't be profitable.
EA's other Australian studios, Firemint and Iron Monkey, are not thought to be affected by the closure.
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monkeyd_93 on 19 Sep '11 said:
Really sad and unfortunate, best wishes to the team, and hopefully they can find work back into a field they love
StonecoldMC on 19 Sep '11 said:
Strange one.
They have helped produce some really good Games, that have actually sold not too bad.
Good luck to the guys now out of a job and well done EA, you really are trying as hard as you can to dethrone Acti, arent you?
RustySpoon80 on 19 Sep '11 said:
Sad news. Was just playing DS2 last night.
Lets hope the games continue getting made.
justforkicks101 on 19 Sep '11 said:
wonder what they were working on
lonewolf2002 on 19 Sep '11 said:
They contributed to Dead Space not developed it going by what is said in article.
l1nc on 19 Sep '11 said:
They are only closing the australian leg of the company the headquarters is in california.
MrMoobs on 19 Sep '11 said:
My hatred for EA is growing again... I thought Dead Space 2 was a poor sequel.
Luckychuro777 on 21 Sep '11 said:
wait does this mean dead space is dead or is it still alive