Space Ape has shut down Rival Kingdoms, saying it had been "a privilege" to have run the RTS game penned by Rhianna Pratchett for almost a decade.

The developer said it had no plans to sell or transfer the mobile game to another company, revive it, develop a sequel, or permit players to play the game on private servers.

Whilst the developer stopped short of revealing why it had decided to shutter the game, a statement posted on its website said, "all games have a life cycle, and Rival Kingdoms is no exception."

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Forte has reportedly shut down mobile developer, Rumble Entertainment.

According to a LinkedIn post from former senior web architect, David Bethune, Rumble – also known as R Studios – staff were recently "laid off with one month of pay in a Zoom meeting that lasted five minutes".

"I'm sad to be the first to share that R Studios, formerly Rumble was shutdown today by our new owner, Forte. This is their second recent studio axing after Phoenix Labs got this treatment a few weeks ago."

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Paladin Studios has shut down.

The indie studio – established in the Netherlands in 2005 – announced the closure earlier this week, saying its "quest [had] come to an end" and 45 people, "each and every one of them a brilliant mind and kind heart", have lost their jobs.

"For almost 19 years, we have poured our hearts and souls into creating games that make you smile," the team said in a heartfelt statement posted to its official website (thanks, VGC).

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Paladin Studios has shut down.

The indie studio – established in the Netherlands in 2005 – announced the closure earlier this week, saying its "quest [had] come to an end" and 45 people, "each and every one of them a brilliant mind and kind heart", have lost their jobs.

"For almost 19 years, we have poured our hearts and souls into creating games that make you smile," the team said in a heartfelt statement posted to its official website (thanks, VGC).

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Paladin Studios has shut down.

The indie studio – established in the Netherlands in 2005 – announced the closure earlier this week, saying its "quest [had] come to an end" and 45 people, "each and every one of them a brilliant mind and kind heart", have lost their jobs.

"For almost 19 years, we have poured our hearts and souls into creating games that make you smile," the team said in a heartfelt statement posted to its official website (thanks, VGC).

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Microsoft has shut down Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin and Alpha Dog Games.

Sony has confirmed LittleBigPlanet 3's servers will remain "offline indefinitely".

The servers were taken down in January, although it was hoped at the time that it would be a "temporary" situation.

Now, however, "ongoing technical issues" mean the servers will not be coming back online and all online services – including access to other players' creations – "are no longer available".

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Sony has confirmed LittleBigPlanet 3's servers will remain "offline indefinitely".

The servers were taken down in January, although it was hoped at the time that it would be a "temporary" situation.

Now, however, "ongoing technical issues" mean the servers will not be coming back online and all online services – including access to other players' creations – "are no longer available".

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2024 continues its efforts to be the worst year in my memory, as delightful indie development studio Die Gute Fabrik have halted work. The studio, notable for its lovely story-driven games about forging personal connections in strange or difficult worlds - e.g. Mutazione and the more recent Saltsea Chronicles - was unable to find funding for its new project, after a year of searching, so is shutting up work. All of the staff, including the leadership team, will be looking for new work come mid-march.

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