Report: Hydrophobia studio facing closure

[zenith16]

Report: Hydrophobia studio facing closure

(Feb 28th 2012 2:00PM)
Hydrophobia developer Dark Energy Digital is allegedly preparing to shut down. GamesIndustry.biz reports layoffs have begun, with affected employees concerned about outstanding pay from the company, which is said to be deep in debt. Hydrophobia struggled to find an audience after diving into the ...
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source: Joy stiq

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Eh, that's what happens when you under perform

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

The problem with hydrophobia is that it just didn't look interesting.
It looked like a lower quility AAA game rather than a creative indie game. Beyond water, what was the lure? Nothing.

 

[StrainedEyes]

They made Hydrophobia which I don't think anyone really thought was good, then they updated it to fix the problems, then they re-released it with more stuff. I think spending 3 years developing a mediocre game and then another year trying anything to get people to buy it again, is a good way to not make money and have to close your studio.

Shame for the people out of work, but it's really not surprising.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Didn't they re-release the thing...with updates, and add-ons or time trials...but ultimately re-release the game like four or five times?

It's always seemed like everytime I logged onto XBL or PSN, some new version of Hydrophobia (and not a sequel) was being released.