I met a bunch of these guys last year at a press event for Web of Shadows. They were all really nice and I'm sad to see the studio get shut down.
Also, Web of Shadows was a kick ass game.
Shaba Games Shut Down
The Activision subsidiary was reportedly shut down because they didn't want to commit to a specific franchise.
Shaba Games has shut down according to Neogaf and Wikipedia. The Activision subsidiary developed last year's Spider-Man: Web of Shadows and also worked on many other well-received games, most in the extreme sports genres.
The reasons, according to an employee of the late studio, boils down to Activision wanting each of their studios to own a franchise. Unfortunately, Shaba didn't have a franchise.
We were almost the Spider-Man studio, but then the boss at Shaba didn't want to so we became a studio without a franchise or specialty," said the employee. "Bobby Kotick doesn't want a studio that has experience doing multiple genres. It was sad."
The Wikipedia page was mysteriously updated with a simple sentence: "Shaba Games was shut down and all staff let go on October 7th, 2009."
Our condolences go out to all the employees of Shaba Games and their families.
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