After information broke yesterday that Take-Two Interactive is shutting down Intercept Video games, gamers started review-bombing the studio’s remaining venture, expressing frustration and disappointment on the closure.
Heading over to the official Steam itemizing for Kerbal Area Program 2, its most up-to-date critiques on Valve’s digital storefront reveal they’re “Principally Unfavourable.” Additional inspecting the latest critiques, you will see dozens of gamers leaving notices for Kerbal Area Program 2, many expressing disappointment that Take-Two shut down the sport’s developer. Some commenters are warning others to not purchase the sport, because the venture was launched final yr in Early Entry and it appears unlikely that it will ever see a remaining launch.
“WARNING, the complete improvement workforce has been laid off. This venture seems to be useless, it was barely making progress to start with, it is over,” one person wrote of their evaluate of Kerbal Area Program 2. “Don’t purchase, modders will find yourself having to hold this if the neighborhood needs it.”
A Take-Two spokesperson reiterated in an electronic mail to IGN that “Non-public Division continues to make updates to Kerbal Area Program 2” and that the corporate has “no additional remark” concerning the matter.
The review-bombing comes lower than a day after it was made public that Take-Two filed a Employee Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) discover in Washington State, revealing that it was closing a Seattle workplace and shedding 70 staff. Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier later confirmed that Take-Two was shutting down Intercept Video games and Roll7, the studio behind Rollerdome and OlliOlli World, would even be closed.
The studio closures are a part of Take-Two Interactive’s plan to scale back employees throughout all its studios. Final month, Take-Two revealed that it was shedding round 5% of its workforce, or about 579 of its staff, and was canceling a number of initiatives. This all occurs even though, simply months in the past, CEO Strauss Zelnick claimed the publishing large had “no plans” to put off anybody, although did reveal it was endeavor a price discount plan.
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