This is big.
In a message on the Irrational Games website, studio co-founder and Bioshock Creative Director Ken Levine said that he is "winding down" IG to focus on a, "...smaller, more entrepreneurial endeavor..." The reins of the Bioshock series will be left to 2K Games as Levine's new team will stay with publisher Take-Two. However, the shutter will leave all but fifteen members of the Irrational squad unemployed.
In the post, Levine said that he needed to, "...refocus my energy on a smaller team with a flatter structure and a more direct relationship with gamers. In many ways, it will be a return to how we started: a small team making games for the core audience." Said games are going to be narrative-driven and highly replayable, according to Levine.
After hearing that the second chapter of Burial at Sea would be the last DLC for Infinite, I was wondering what was going to come next afterwards. I wasn't expecting this. Infinite was my GOTY last year, so I am interested in seeing what's next for Levine and Co., and what that small studio is going to bring. As for the folks that were let go, Levine did mention that Take-Two would talk to them about moving to other studios under their banner, and that Irrational would be holding a recruiting day featuring "third-party" studios and pubs. Good on them to not leave those guys out in the cold.
-- A Message from Ken Levine
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