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Troika Closure Article at Game Daily

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by chevalier, Feb 28, 2005.

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    Game Daily has posted some official news about the closure of Troika Games, the developer of the Temple of Elemental Evil and several other products of renown. The author speculates a bit on the reasons behind Troika's downfall, giving the reputation for bugged games and unfinished code as a possible reason behind the company's financial troubles. Here's a snip:

    In a letter written by joint-CEO and founder Leon Boyarsky (and also signed by designers Tim Cain and Jason Anderson), the demise of the studio was confirmed. "As many of you may have already heard, Troika has laid off all of its employees and is closing its doors due to our inability to secure funding for future projects," said Boyarsky. All told, 32 people including the abovementioned were laid off—some were let go last November and then that was followed up with the rest in December. Word hadn't gotten out, though, until just recently.

    Boyarsky expressed his gratitude and appreciation for all the hard work put in over the years by the former Troika employees. "We want to thank all of our fans for their support these past seven years, it has really meant a lot to us that there were people out there who enjoyed our games enough to create fan-sites and follow our progress as a company. But we especially want to thank all of our employees -- we had the pleasure of working with the some of the most dedicated, hard working, creative people in the industry, and we really appreciate all that they did for Troika," he said. Fortunately, many of Troika's employees have apparently already found new jobs at other developers.

    Read the whole thing at Game Daily.
     
    chevalier, Feb 28, 2005
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