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Epic Games Closes Impossible Studios After Less Than 12 Months

by on February 9, 2013
 

Epic have announced the closure of their newest development studio, Impossible Studios, saying “it just wasn’t working out.”

Impossible Studios is primarily made up of former staff-members from Big Huge Games, the Maryland-based studio behind ill-fated RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. In August of last year, Impossible took the reins on the development of Infinity Blade: Dungeons, the next instalment in Epic’s hugely popular iPhone RPG series.

But now, according to a report by IGN.com, Epic have closed Impossible Studios – though few details have been divulged as to why, with Epic’s founder Tim Sweeney only saying that “despite a gallant effort from Impossible, it just wasn’t working out for Epic”.

The staff at Impossible Studios have been given 3 months severance pay and the opportunity to carry on as an indie studio using the logo and company name, so there may be hop for them yet. The fate of Infinity Blade: Dungeons, however, is yet to be decided while Epic figure out the best way to proceed.

We wish the best of luck to all the staff members at Impossible Studios.

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Senior Content Editor Mick has been playing games for over 30 years and writing about them for around 12. After drifting from site to site for a while, settling briefly at the now-defunct Made2Game and freelancing for the gone-but-not-forgotten NintendoGamer Magazine, he came at last to rest at Godisageek. Mick has been a reviewer, staff writer and content editor here for some time, while also moonlighting a little for Red Bull Games. He has 4 kids, has written 2 novels, and sometimes even manages to pay a bill or two. You'll usually find him defending the galaxy in Destiny 2, battling evil in Diablo 3, or lurking in the background on Twitter. Find him there @Jedi_Beats_Tank, or on XBL (JediWaster247), PSN (Jedi_Waster) or Nintendo (JediWaster).