Shadowrun developer FASA Studio closes doors

Noooooooo! This means no more MechWarrior games then.

Unless Im mistaken...

The prolly means no DLC for Shadowrun which sucks cause that game shipped with 8 maps =/

mxy - there have been rumors another studio was going to handle CS2 for 360 anyway

Oh man. This is just sad. It is truly depressing to see video game companies(or any group you like) go out of business. Interplay, Clover Studios, and now Fasa Studio. Oh well.

What is your favorite or one of your favorite gaming companies that went out of business?

I haven't played Shadowrun yet(I did play the old game for the SNES) but I would like to play it.

The chane of a Mechassault or Crimson Skies sequel already looked bad. I guess this was the death blow to my hopes of a Mechassault sequel done right in current gen glory or an HD Crimson Skies game with Blimps

Truly the saddest part of dismantling this studio, is a buddy said they had a few of those BattleTech mech-simulating cockpits left over from when the Seattle Wizards of the Coast store/fun emporium closed down. I just hope they found a good home for these puppies and weren't taken out back and put out by a dumpster.

For the benefit of those who don't know what I'm refering to, here are a couple pics I found on the internets. I personally only got to play it once, but it was the coolest thing on Earth, circa 1997.

Interior


Here you can see a badass mechjock steppin out after blastin' your gyros


R.I.P. FASA - you will be missed :(

Just picked up MechAssault and Crimson Skies, what a coincidence.

It is unfortunate, but it's also self inflicted.

Although I don't see why this news is any different to the earlier news of that HAMMER game being cancelled, yeah I know one was out of unfortunate circumstances whilst the other was a deliberate choice. Butmy point is that there are always fundamental problems which lead to a shut down of a studio or a single game, it's never fabricated issues or distaste for a certain type of game.

I've worked on projects that were doomed from the beginning, it's not nice, but there are always good reasons, no matter how promising the product looks or how talented the team is. Game design really follows the rule of natural selection, sometimes companies have to lose in order to win, hopefully see where they were going wrong, then don't make the same mistakes in future projects.

I think that both Shadowrun and Project HAMMER had problems conceptually, they are fine ideas in theory but in practice something is evidently missing, making software compelling enough to dedicate entire teams and budgets on is very tricky, loads of designers are bursting with ideas, but few can execute something that translates into compelling entertainment.

Hope all the guys and gals (unlikely) who were working on this title find other work quickly.

I'm surprised Nintendo didn't get blamed for this also, based on the reaction to the cancelling of Project HAMMER.

See if they had went ahead and made a Shadowrun RPG like everyone wanted, maybe they wouldn't be in this situation right now.

Way to drop the ball gais.

I always feel bad no matter what game studio shut down. Especially companies that used to be great but went downhill (I'm looking at you, Atari)

Vampireblood why don;t you try backing up your point with facts instead of pure opinions.

It is a great game. Try it and you'll like it ;)
(NOT THE DEMO)

Damn. I hope this doesn't mean the death to the chance to see a real Shadowrun game, hopefully a MMO.

"Damn. I hope this doesn't mean the death to the chance to see a real Shadowrun game, hopefully a MMO."

fail

NOOO! MechAssault! Shadowrun! Crimson Skies... all gone. FASA, you will be missed, especially because Shadowrun needs some DLC and now that won't happen. At least maybe the price of the game will drop now and I'll grab a copy, one of the few FPS's i'm actually good at.

Shadowrun was a good game that:

A. Never should have used the Shadowrun license
B. Should have been brought out at $40 or less.

If it had been an original IP (which it practically was anyway since they pretty much used the license in name only) and they hadn't insisted on selling at full price it would've done better. They also made some poor decisions on how the online play worked, and it didn't encourage community.

the snes version spanked,.. i dont even want to try this one, it looks like crap, so i dont care.

I'm hardly surprised. They absolutely wasted an amazing license on a game that could have fleshed out with any generic backstory to support the gimmicks...

Coulda been a condendah.

Shadowrun was a great game, it's just a shame that nobody bought it because of the mere lack of content.

say buh-bye to any chance of Mechwarrior 5 being made.


suck :(

@Gee: FASA doesn't work on the battletech pods, that's Virtual World Entertainment and they're still doing it. Though finding those pods are tough anymore since a lot of places that had them got rid of the pods.

Also the Battletech license is owned by WizKids now but who knows if that means there'll be any more video games. And Day 1 made the Mechassualt games and they're still around so who knows. But yeah I'd rather have a Mechwarrior 5 as opposed to a new Mech Assualt. Its disappointing because 1up yours had a guy from FASA on in the spring and he talked about how they want to do a realistic Mechwarrior game.

ARMORED CORE? MECHASSAULT? GONE?