Quake Wars PS3 Developer Closes

by Aaron Linde, Apr 21, 2008 2:34pm PDT

Publisher Activision recently revealed that its Foster City, CA-based Underground Development studio will be closed by the end of May, GamesIndustry reports.

The studio, which employs some 45 people, most recently worked on the PlayStation 3 port of Splash Damage's Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (PC, PS3, X360). Activision noted that it is trying to find opportunities for all of its employees at other studios owned by the company.

Underground Development was formerly known as Z-Axis, which developed the Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX and Agressive Inline series. The developer was acquired by Activision in May of 2002 and renamed Underground Development in February of this year.

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By: Fred Garvin x Show Full Post

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Yeah, I posted they were closing a few weeks ago. So many smaller studios getting whacked.

Apr 21, 2008 2:36pm PDT

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Yeah, I posted they were closing a few weeks ago. So many smaller studios getting whacked. : Fred Garvin
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  Interesting, Activision wasn't in the habit of closing studios before the buyout. I mean, merger. : Lunaran
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    Sure they were, they just merged them into Treyarch before. : kungfusquirrel
    - which, upon further reading, may also happen here. : kungfusquirrel
- Market consolidation: too much average crap leads to people without jobs. : [7]kami

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Was interested to see the emphasis on the words: "Quake Wars" in the new marketing for the console versions. The PC logo emphasized "Enemy Territory" instead. I always wondered why they didn't just call it "Quake Wars" in the first place. I know WolfET was big and all but it i{was}i free after all.

Apr 21, 2008 4:44pm PDT

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Was interested to see the emphasis on the words: "Quake Wars" in the new marketing for the console versio... : dumptruck
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- i.e. this: http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t236/maxel2/Ancient%20Wars%20Sparta/EnemyTerritoryQuakeWars... : dumptruck
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  Well, it really is an Enemy Territory game that happens to take place in the Quake2/4 setting. Totally di... : Dr_Tran
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    having a game with Quake in the title without those things is the worst thing they could have done. : dopefish
    - Yeah. Coming from an ET fan who has played a fair amount of Quake also, I'd have to say the game was muc... : valael

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looking at those screenshots again im noticing a lot of photoshop work going on, just for example the soldier and medic packs in the bottom right of this shot

http://www.shacknews.com/screenshots.x?gallery=9705&game_id=4054&id=118277

is actually just copied from this shot

http://www.shacknews.com/screenshots.x?gallery=9705&game_id=4054&id=118275

and whats up with the lack of colour or contrast!

Apr 21, 2008 4:08pm PDT

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looking at those screenshots again im noticing a lot of photoshop work going on, just for example the sol... : Arcipello1
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A shame, Agressive Inline was a great game and one of the few extreme sports games to not only be good, but improve on the THPS formula - they copied a lot of its ideas for THPS4.

Apr 21, 2008 4:09pm PDT

A shame, Agressive Inline was a great game and one of the few extreme sports games to not only be good, b... : node

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By: virus x Show Full Post

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right around the corner from me! (i live in belmont)

that sucks. i would hate to get laid off like that :(

Apr 21, 2008 3:52pm PDT

right around the corner from me! (i live in belmont) that sucks. i would hate to get laid off like t... : virus

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By: gyokuro x Show Full Post

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man it must suck to work in the games industry. all those layoffs all the time

Apr 21, 2008 3:35pm PDT

man it must suck to work in the games industry. all those layoffs all the time : gyokuro

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So I guess the port didn't make it? Or is it finished in QA testing for the May 27th release?

Apr 21, 2008 2:39pm PDT

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So I guess the port didn't make it? Or is it finished in QA testing for the May 27th release? : semaphore
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- The studio's closing at the end of May, so the port is fine. : Aaron Linde

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