When money becomes tight in corporations, it's the divisions on the extremities that tend to suffer the most; Kuju is the latest example of this, announcing today that they will close their Philippines studio they acquired in October 2008 in the next three months.
“Kuju has conducted a strategic review of its Asian-Pacific operations and concluded that it will no longer maintain a full service studio in the Philippines,” read a statement by the company issued to Develop. “Despite its success in supporting Kuju's European studios and the success of Circus Games for the Wii gaming console, Kuju has concluded that, given the weakness of demand in this part of the video games market, the prospects for further titles of this type are limited.”
The British company now has two main international offices: Vatra in the Czech Republic and Zoe Mode San Francisco.
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June 5, 2010
It is unavoidable that in this time of the great recession, Corporations will feel the pinch and hard decisions will have to be taken about maintaining in many divisions! The British Company Kuju Entertainment is the latest in the band deciding to shut down its studio at Philippines. It is a pity as it follows months of intermittent expansion and contraction there!! But I am sure they have done the wise thing for the time being and haven't given up on its Asian-Pacific operations completely! haircut