Fasa studio closed

[vbt]

It was already a bad news when they were bought by Microsoft but now it's the end, the studio is closed. They did before a really nice RPG game, Shadowrun, on the Genesis. I loved to play that game.

 

[Runik]

It was already a bad news when they were bought by Microsoft but now it's the end, the studio is closed. They did before a really nice RPG game, Shadowrun, on the Genesis. I loved to play that game.

This is bad news ... it was already a shame when the pen and paper division close its business a few years ago ...

Almost nothing's left of this great company

 

[vbt]

Runik, maybe its Fas rebirth with a new name, see that :

Jordan Weisman forms new team, snaps up rights to Shadowrun, Crimson Skies and MechWarrior

Source : http://www.developmag.com/news/28933/Former-FASA-boss-opens-new-studio

 

[mtxblau]

But are all the developers on board?

 

[ExCyber]

They did before a really nice RPG game, Shadowrun, on the Genesis.

That wasn't FASA Studio / FASA Interactive, it was developed by BlueSky Software (also developer of Vectorman).

But are all the developers on board?

Yeah, because what we really need is a sequel to the 360/PC Shadowrun.

 

[vbt]

Microsoft "destroyed development culture" at FASA - Weisman


FASA Interactive founder Jordan Weisman has spoken out about Microsoft's acquisition of his highly-regarded studio, saying that the corporation "destroyed" its development culture and came close to doing the same with Halo developer Bungie.


"When Microsoft bought FASA Interactive and incorporated it into Microsoft... the two reasons they bought us was, one, they wanted the catalogue of intellectual properties and, two, they felt that we had developed a really good development culture. And the reality is that, pretty much from the day we moved to Redmond, that development culture was destroyed," Weisman told GamesIndustry.biz.


"I don't think the studio ever really had a chance. It was destroyed right in the beginning."


And Microsoft came close to repeating its mistakes with Bungie, added Weisman, who was working for the corporation as creative director at the time the Chicago-based studio was acquired.

Source : http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/microsoft-destroyed-development-culture-weisman

 

[Runik]

I can't say I'm surprised ...