Einde voor Renegade Kid, eigenaren beginnen eigen studio’s

Renegade Kid, een indie-ontwikkelaar, zal haar deuren sluiten. Het bedrijf heeft dit vandaag in een persbericht bekend gemaakt.

De studio is bekend van onder andere de spellen Xeodrifter, Moon Chronicles (die nooit in Europa verscheen), Dementium Remastered en Mutant Mudds. De wegen van beide oprichters zullen scheiden. Beiden zullen een eigen studio oprichten. De laatste game die nog in ontwikkeling is bij Renegade Kid is Mutant Mudds: Super Challenge. De ontwikkeling van deze game zal naar alle waarschijnlijkheid verder gaan in een samenwerking van beide studio’s.

“The video game industry has changed a lot in the past 10 years that we’ve been developing games as Renegade Kid. From the very beginning, it has always been a challenge to secure partnerships with publishers to fund the development of original games, and since the advent of self-publishing – when digital distribution became more mainstream – it has shifted our business model towards becoming more dependent on revenue instead of seeking funding from publishing partners.

As such, it has been a great financial challenge and an extreme workload for the entire team to maintain a balance between cash flow, staying competitive with our games, and spending quality time with our families and friends. Couple these realities with the desire to achieve personal goals, Gregg and I came to the difficult decision to each pursue solo ventures and close Renegade Kid.

Starting fresh with small, lean teams enables us both to focus more on less moving parts and potentially achieve better success. It puts both Atooi and Infitizmo in more advantageous positions.”