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Working Designs Shut Down
December 14, 2004
Things have been quiet there for a while, and now Working Designs' President, Vic Ireland, has confirmed in the official forums for the developer that the company has shut down. Best known for the localization of a variety of Japanese RPGs, it would appear that the final straw that closed the company down came from recent failed attempts to get approval from Sony to release Goemon for the North American PS2.
"Though almost finished and substantially improved from the Japanese release, Goemon is dead for the US, and that was really the final straw. If I can't guarantee that the games I personally choose for us to release in the US can actually get approved and come out, |
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there's no business to be done. There is a possibility that it may be released in Europe (as well as Growlanser Generations), but nothing is finalized yet."
Ireland goes on to say that he sees a lot of potential in the Xbox 360 for RPGs, and that he is currently talking with Microsoft about helping to bring Japanese RPGs planned for the system across the Pacific, "I've contacted Microsoft about getting what's underway in Japan out in the US and helping to get more done worldwide. We'll see what happens on that front, but please let them know that YOU WANT MORE JRPGs here. There's some amazing stuff coming for the '360 in Japan, and I know I want it - I think you will, too." |
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