Six Days in Fallujah Developer, Atomic Games, Closing up Shop
Over the past couple of weeks a number of Atomic Games developers have either quit or were laid off. A new report by IndustryGamers states that the development studio may be closing up shop completely. Atomic Games was hard at work developing the somewhat controversial Six Days in Fallujah, a game that focused on Operation Iraqi Freedom.
With Konami already dropping the publishing rights to Six Days some months ago, the final nail in Atomic Games' coffin may have just been nailed. As with all rumors, this is merely speculation until confirmed. Please take this story with a grain of salt as it may turn out to be nothing at all in the long run.
Atomic did not comment on the number of affected employees, simply stating that development would continue with a smaller team funded by sister company Destineer, which purchased Atomic in 2005. However, IndustryGamers has heard from an anonymous source who claims, "Out of 75 people, less than a dozen are left and about a third of that isn't even developers. The remaining team is basically a skeleton cleanup crew that will be gone soon too. They are trying to downplay the extent of these layoffs, but the reality is that Atomic is pretty much dead."
With Konami already dropping the publishing rights to Six Days some months ago, the final nail in Atomic Games' coffin may have just been nailed. As with all rumors, this is merely speculation until confirmed. Please take this story with a grain of salt as it may turn out to be nothing at all in the long run.