Confirmed: Sony Closes Zipper Interactive

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The dev behind SOCOM, MAG and Unit 13 has been shuttered.

 

 

Update: Last week, rumors were swirling that Zipper Interactive, the Sony-owned studio behind SOCOM, MAG and Unit 13, has been shut down.

 

Today, Sony released a statement to IGN confirming Zipper Interactive has indeed been shuttered. The statement reads as follows:

 

"Sony Computer Entertainment can confirm the closure of Zipper Interactive, a Seattle-based internal game development studio that has been part of the global development operation of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS). The closure is a result of a normal cycle of resource re-alignment within SCE WWS. Zipper has complete all work associated with its most recent project, Unit 13 for PlayStation Vita. Zipper titles MAG, SOCOM 4 and Unit 13 will continue to be supported, including the new Daily Challenges in Unit 13."

 

Our best wishes go out to all who were affected by the closure.

 

Source: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/122/1221535p1.html

[VanilaGorila-x-]

That's what happens when you don't listen to your own community and try and make a game that doesn't resemble anything that made the SOCOM series great.

Edited April 3, 2012 by VanilaGorila-x-

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That's what happens when you don't listen to your own community and try and make a game that doesn't resemble anything that made the SOCOM series great.

 

Amen.