Recently, I started to play Mafia 2 and I am barely in the game(At chapter 4 but did mostly side stuff like find all wanted posters) and it is already becoming one of my favorite games. I think I might have some biased because I love anything mafia (maybe its because I'm Italian) and I love the 1940s era and the music and the atmosphere. It reminds me of another great game I love, L.A. Noire and that game I also enjoyed immensely. I was playing Mafia and I wanted to research more about the developers for their other games but it seemed that they have gone through what the Bioshock/ Irrational games studio went through and many people lost their jobs. It's really sad to see that this company is most likely not going to be making another mafia game or just a game in general. Mafia is so underrated and deserves a better metacritic score than it got.
What other games with studios that are defunct or closed or not mainstream anymore besides Mafia, Bioshock , or L.A. Noire?

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FASA Studios and Zipper Interactive.

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Zipper... brings back memories of Crimson Skies... I loved that one. Ridiculous idea to make a combat flight simulator with a storyline, and a good one at that.

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Gunman Chronicles made by Rewolf Software (and Valve) is still one of my favourite games of all time.

It's high noon in deep space.

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Fun Fact: Registering that game on steam gives you the whole Half Life Platinum Collection like the other valve games do.

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Not fun if you lost your CD years ago :'(

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Yes, but it does not give you Gunman chronicles when you register it.

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I know, because it's not on steam anyway.^^

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+1 on 38 Studios. Kingdoms is one of those games that's really fun but had some chinks that could have totally been ironed out in the sequel, I just hope that some day they'll be able to make it (or make a spiritual successor without the terrible name and weird/kinda boring lore).

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I heard what happened to them. Such a sad way to go that a good game they worked hard on just didn't do as well as it should of.

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Kurt Schilling (CEO) took a humongous loan (75 Million) from the state of Rhode Island to develop Kingdoms of Amalur.
Of course the game didn't make 75 million USD and he had Studio 38 went under bankruptcy and Kurt still owes money to Rhode Island

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Condemned ain't as dead as you may think.
As I mentioned earlier in the thread, Monolith Games are still very much alive. And latest rumors are that they're looking to team up with a smaller studio to get Condemned 3 made.

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Clover
Team Silent
38 Studio

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You can see PlatinumGames as Clover now though, just not under Capcom.

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Outcast (the game).
Read the story here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outcast_%28video_game%29

Luckily the game is back in Steam.

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Wow I have never seen this game but it seems pretty good.

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For the major ones:
Origin (Ultima, WingCommander & Crusader series)
Westwood (Command & Conquer, Legend of Kyrandia & Lands of lore)
Looking Glass (Thief, Ultima Underworld, System Shock)
Lucas Arts (The Dig, Monkey Island, X-wing/Tie Fighter)
SSI (Panzer General, the Gold box series, Chaos Gate)

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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

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Test Drive Unlimited 1 and 2-Eden Studios

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Test drive unlimited 2 is an awesome game. That game on ps3 was awesome.

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I still mourn the loss of many victims of EA:

  • Westwood
  • Origin
  • Bullfrog Productions
  • Maxis (accident waiting to happen)

And also:

  • Black Isle
  • Sierra Entertainment
  • Lucas Arts
  • Irrational Games
  • Microprose
  • Looking Glass Studios
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+1

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Troika T.T

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The Saboteur - Pandemic Studios

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+1

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yeah, there was a tweet from the voice actor of Vito scaletta regarding Mafia but I haven't heard anything since.

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Midway

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Arcanum of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, Troika Games (published by Sierra Entertainment)

American McGee's Alice, Rogue Entertainment (published by EA)

Best studios ever, American McGee is a misunderstood genius of gaming.

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I'm still hoping for a HD Arcanum on Steam...by anyone, please ;_;

Also,

View attached image.
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NovaLogic - F16, F22 series, MiG 29, Delta Force series, Armored Fist and Comanche series
Red Storm Entertainment - official Tom Clancy's company, games like Rainbow 6, Ghost Recon
Eidos Interactive - too many to count
Sierra

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NovaLogic still lives

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Relive your childhood with the Novalogic Everything Pack

Costs $69.99....you'll pay double if you buy everything individually. Now where is my retail copy of Delta Force?

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LucasArts.

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Impressions Games with all their city builders: Caesar 1-4, Pharaoh/Cleopatra, Zeus/Poseidon, Emperor: Riso of the Middle Kingdoms, Lords of the Realms series and so many others...

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While Hellgate London wasn't as finished a game as it could have been, part of that may have been due to the company's owner absconding with all the money, forcing the studio to close down prematurely as a result. This tragedy remains the biggest fiasco in computer publishing to date.

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American Laser Games Titus Interactive Cryo ION Storm Origin Systems Psygnosis THQ 3DO Infogrames Microprose Westwood Studios Midway Games Broderbund Software New World Computing Sierra On-Line Bullfrog Black Isle Studios LucasArts 3D Realms Troika Games

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Thq warhammer

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