{"id":34765,"date":"2012-03-26T12:14:22","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T10:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=34765"},"modified":"2012-03-26T13:52:01","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T11:52:01","slug":"rumour-control-sony-to-close-mag-dev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/34765-rumour-control-sony-to-close-mag-dev","title":{"rendered":"Rumour control: Sony to close MAG dev"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is Zipper Interactive<\/a> about to get… zipped shut<\/em>*?<\/p>\n

According to Kotaku’s anonymous but presumably credible “sources”, the MAG dev is laying off loads of staff and has already cancelled a project, suggesting the studio is about to close.<\/p>\n

Back in May last year, the studio dumped 33 staffers, citing a cut back “on production resources after the launch of two major franchises”, which would have been MAG and SOCOM 4.<\/p>\n

Zipper Interactive has been a Sony<\/a> first-party developer since January 2006, with major exclusives including the SOCOM series, as well as MAG and most recently, the third-person shooter Unit 13 for the PS Vita<\/a> which released earlier this month to a somewhat tepid critical reception.<\/p>\n

For the moment, both Sony and Zipper are declining comment on what is or isn’t going on over there. That’s probably not a good thing, although it’s possibly just another one of those “production resource” cut backs, or whatever else mega-corporations prefer to call making people unemployed.<\/p>\n

*Sorry.<\/h6>\n
Source: Kotaku<\/a><\/h5>\n

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