Paladin Studios, the event firm maybe greatest identified for its work on Good Job, has closed its doorways.
The information was shared on its official web site. Co-founder and co-CEO Derk de Geus stated that the studio “sadly didn’t land sufficient work to cowl our burn-rate.” With the intention to keep away from insolvency and debt whereas giving staff correct severance, the choice was made to close down the corporate.
Yesterday, our quest got here to an finish, and we’ve got closed the studio.
For nearly 19 years, we’ve got poured our hearts and souls into creating video games that make you smile. Beginning as a bootstrapped mini studio in 2005, we adopted the twists and turns of the sport trade and slowly however steadily discovered our place in it. Over these years, the studio peaked at 55 individuals. As of this writing we have been 45 individuals, every considered one of them a superb thoughts and sort coronary heart, and collectively they really created magic. We additionally labored with unimaginable companions similar to Nintendo, Apple Arcade, Netflix, Zeptolab, Bandai Namco, and plenty of others. Final however not least, our video games are being performed by thousands and thousands of individuals, incomes prestigious awards and bringing smiles to individuals all around the world. This was a dream come true – in reality, for us, it was THE dream come true.
Nevertheless, over the previous months, we sadly didn’t land sufficient work to cowl our burn-rate. Yesterday we hit an inflection level for our monetary safety. Going additional with the present outlook would have been an irresponsible choice that might have seemingly induced insolvency. Now we have subsequently taken this step to make sure a correct winding down, the place all staff are given correct severance and the studio stays debt-free.
Please attain out you probably have any open vacancies for design, programming, 2D artwork, 3D artwork, manufacturing, QA, administration or assist workers – all abilities are right here, and these persons are among the many most interesting within the trade.
Our current video games will keep alive, and we intend to maintain offering (technical) assist for them sooner or later.
We need to thank the workforce, our companions, and our fellow trade colleagues for all the nice occasions. It really was a wild trip, and we wouldn’t need to have missed it for the world.
Thanks for being a part of our journey.
Nintendo and Paladin Studios teamed up on Good Job, which got here out in 2020. The corporate’s different video games embody Momonga Pinball Adventures, My Tamagotchi Ceaselessly, Wonderful Katamari Damacy, and Minimize the Rope Remastered.