Reports on twitter, and some news out of the Games Connect: Asia Pacific conference, seem to suggest that Krome Studios will close its doors this Monday.

Well that sucks.

Sort of expecting an insider's rant now..

Gabby you are just the type of poster this forums needs. That is such an informative and witty post. How do you come up with that sort of content? do you have a newsletter or a website or a blog or a youtube channel I could subscribe to? Let me know asap otherwise i won't be able to sleep tonight or get on with the rest of my miserable life.

You forgot 'P.S Sarcasm'

I'm kind of new to the Internet, with only having been here about a decade and a half. Still getting used to the uninvited aggression.

I'm kind of new to the Internet, with only having been here about a decade and a half. Still getting used to the uninvited aggression.
Uninvited aggression is what makes QGL - QGL.

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I'm not feeling the hate :D

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better luck next time!

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Surprise!

Gabby you are just the type of poster this forums needs

could be a more transparent douche or what?

are you picking on her because she's a woman and not wearing a burqa?!
there are 111ty people on this forum who post in the same manner as Gabby and you chose her to bag out why exactly, because it makes you feel superior to pick on a woman?

Don't defend Gabby defend me, he edited out his posts between mine leaving me looking quite the fool!

You don't need him to make you look like a fool.

(just feeding your need to 'feel the hate' :p)

I almost couldn't post this because I can't see the post button for the reflection off teq's shiny white knight suit of armour. TG for tab - space

I was going to say just such things but I figured somebody would do it for me. :)

Dunno what's goin on in this thread, but Krome is sadly no more. Wasn't expecting that to happen at all.

hot damn!

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/game-room-developer-krome-studios-shutting-down/2643/?page=4&sort=first

What has brought this on?

No profits due to s***ty products? Bad managenment?

My personal opinion and I could be wrong, is that the company expanded far too quickly for the work that they had.

^ This
Happens to a lot of businesses unfortunately.

Then again if you don't take the risk you can't expand either.

Yeah, true however expansion for the sake of expansion is usually fail. It's all about getting the timing right.

It's a risk to buy a studio on your cc as well

are you picking on her because she's a woman and not wearing a burqa?!

THERE ARE NO WOMEN ON THE INTERNET! ITS ALL A LIE!@!

Sucks for anyone who is going to lose a job. Hope they find something decent soon enough!

I lost my job recently to oursaucing. Not much fun! (I know it's not the same thing, but it sucks when there ain't much you can do about it)

they expanded too fast in the wrong way, this sucks as well.. Just came back from GCAP and it looks pretty much set that the Aus industry is going to be all iPhone / PSN / Xbox live for a while to keep production up while keeping the costs lower to a broader market .. :|

I don't know what you guys are talking about, BY THE WAY, CHECK OUT MY PORTFOLIO LINK BELOW

could be a more transparent douche or what?

are you picking on her because she's a woman and not wearing a burqa?!
there are 111ty people on this forum who post in the same manner as Gabby and you chose her to bag out why exactly, because it makes you feel superior to pick on a woman?

I'd be the first to say I don't think the females of the species should be getting any special treatment on here, positive or negative, but what does annoy and to me just says 'attention whore' is when girls totally play up that they're a girl. I mean seriously, who puts their ASL in their sig?

Looks like a ps3 sig version of xbox's gamer card, is there any control over what info is in it?

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Sounds like there must be a lot of good IT talent around Brisbane someone with a good product could clean up..

Depends. What kind of people get hired for game studios? Would assume they are extremely passionate and capable programmers willing to work for low pay and long hours, which would mean talent.

Its not like they made small, quality titles and were unlucky not to get coverage. Its a rare industry where you can be mediocre and successful.

Who gives a f***? Checkout the great games they made:

# Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube) (2002)
# The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet Fusion, (PlayStation 2, Gamecube, Gameboy Advance) (2003)
# Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue, (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, Gameboy Advance) (2004)
# King Arthur, (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube) (2004)
# Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan, (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, Gameboy Advance) (2005)
# The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning, (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, Gameboy Advance) (2006)
# The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night, (PlayStation 2, Wii) (2007)
# Viva Piñata: Party Animals, (Xbox 360) (2007)
# Hellboy: The Science of Evil, (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable) (2008)
# Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, (PlayStation 2, Wii, PlayStation Portable) (2008)
# Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Lightsaber Duels, (Wii) (2008)
# Scene It? Box Office Smash, (Xbox 360) (2008)
# Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, (PlayStation 2, Wii) (2009)
# Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes, (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable) (2009)[4]
# Game Room, (Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows) (2010)
# Blade Kitten, (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows) (2010)[5]
# Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, (Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii) (2010)

Let us all cry over a gaming studio who pumps out s***ty games 95% of the time.

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force unleashed is the only playable one in that list.

Even then it was only for ps2, wii, and psp.

It sucks to see local dev's close down, had things gone differently the quality of the titles would be much better instead of sequels and movie games.

King Arthur, (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube) (2004)

I think this is actually a pretty decent co-op title back in the day, & it has the craziest camera voodoo trickery in the dungeon level, 63 cameras i recall i placed, god damn two player mode having two players going in two different directions, trigger box madness :D

It sucks to see local dev's close down, had things gone differently the quality of the titles would be much better instead of sequels and movie games.

Bulls***. Anything that comes out of Australia will have a 99% chance of being a turd. I shall repeat myself:

Who gives a f***?

because they're local?

Yeah, lets.

Who gives a f***?

because they're local?

Yeah, lets.

While I do agree that there's not many real worthy core-games in their stable (although, I'm not ashamed to admit spending way to much time playing Pinata Party Animals), not "giving a f***" is a bit unnecessarily harsh imo. Just because the end products didn't appeal to us, doesn't mean there wasn't a bunch of talented individuals working there that no longer have jobs.

Id figure that studios like krome picked up all the movie titles and what not because it was quick easy cash which could hopefully fund there original content.

Sadly the just got some really really s*** move titles.

yeah, most of krome work was s***. i worked there for 3 weeks before quitting, not worth the commute into the valley for s*** pay. they wouldn't trust me to write my own bugs and the game was as boring as s***.

i might have just been spoilt working for creative assembly though.

regardless of what you thought of the games as a whole I was proud of the environment work I did on them so you can suck a dick greasy

Yeah i had a look through your portfolio wet, pretty nice stuff, explains why your buildings are pretty epic in minecraft :P

regardless of what you thought of the games as a whole I was proud of the environment work I did on them so you can suck a dick greasy

that was the problem though, although the games where built very nicely, they weren't interesting.

who puts their ASL in their sig?

Saves me from the annoyance of people asking it when i'm gaming on my PS3. It also saves me the effort in typing it with the controller.

regardless of what you thought of the games as a whole I was proud of the environment work I did on them so you can suck a dick greasy

that was the problem though, although the games where built very nicely, they weren't interesting.

I think WetWired was more getting at the fact that there were a lot of people there who were good at what they did, and now they don't have jobs. It doesn't matter what you think of the games, that's still not a nice thing to have happen.

I think WetWired was more getting at the fact that there were a lot of people there who were good at what they did, and now they don't have jobs. It doesn't matter what you think of the games, that's still not a nice thing to have happen.

Essentially yes, but you missed the suck a dick part.

You're naive to think that every employee is incompetent if they release a sub par product.

Might I suggest that with titles such as 'Ty the Tasmanian Tiger' and 'The Legend of Spyro' that you weren't Krome's target market at all greazy? SW Force Unleashed, Viva Pinata and Scene It are pretty good and more likely to be picked up by so called hardcore gamers.

Though with comments like "Bulls***. Anything that comes out of Australia will have a 99% chance of being a turd." just as a bunch of talented blokes are forced to look for work in a tough market, I'm leaning towards a suck a dick recommendation as well.

Is this the end of the scene it series?

http://www.ausgamers.com/res/static/images/icons/icon9.gif

No wonder..

* Championship Surfer, (PlayStation, Dreamcast, Microsoft Windows) (2000)
* Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube) (2002)
* The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet Fusion, (PlayStation 2, Gamecube, Gameboy Advance) (2003)
* Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue, (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, Gameboy Advance) (2004)
* King Arthur, (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube) (2004)
* Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan, (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, Gameboy Advance) (2005)
* The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning, (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, Gameboy Advance) (2006)
* The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night, (PlayStation 2, Wii) (2007)
* Viva Piñata: Party Animals, (Xbox 360) (2007)
* Hellboy: The Science of Evil, (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable) (2008)
* Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, (PlayStation 2, Wii, PlayStation Portable) (2008)
* Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Lightsaber Duels, (Wii) (2008)
* Scene It? Box Office Smash, (Xbox 360) (2008)
* Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, (PlayStation 2, Wii) (2009)
* Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes, (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable) (2009)[5]
* Game Room, (Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows) (2010)
* Blade Kitten, (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows) (2010)[6]
* Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, (Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii) (2010)

Bulls***. Anything that comes out of Australia will have a 99% chance of being a turd. I shall repeat myself:

Who gives a f***?

because they're local?

Yeah, lets.

well, you should care when any local business shuts down, because it dumps a bunch of unemployed people into our midst, who then can chew up our tax dollars on unemployment benefits, who then have to struggle to find a job, increasing competition in that industry (and esp when its something like games in which there is already a lot of demand and little supply in this country).

Working at Krome would have been an excellent stepping stone for someone wanting to get into the games industry. Sure, you might not be working on the next Half-Life, but unless you are just ridiculously talented out-of-the-box (and I would guess less than 0.01% of people would fall into this category), you are not walking into a job at Valve Software or Bungie or anywhere else 'cool' as your first job in games development.

The best reason to be sad, of course, is (imho) the purely empathy-driven reason of being able to understand that other people have been affected negatively and you should derive no pleasure from it, because one day, it might happen to you

Bulls***. Anything that comes out of Australia will have a 99% chance of being a turd. I shall repeat myself:

Who gives a f***?

because they're local?

Yeah, lets.

Here we go again with the Aussie bashing. You did this in another thread as well.
So, where are you from Greazy? and why are you so anti Australian???


We had bought the Spyro games and the Ty games. My wife and kids got many hours of enjoyment out of them.