Game Studios That Should Be Resurrected
22 May, 2009, 1:30 pm IST | by Nikhil Singh
Studios that died an untimely death. Please come back to us!
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If you've been playing video games since long enough, chances are you've come across at least one epic game development studio that broke your heart by shutting down. Since we've been around the industry a while now, we've had our hearts broken multiple times and know that there's no getting used to it. Whether a studio gets bought over, shut down or "merged" with another, the result's usually that it loses its identity, and the well-oiled machine ends up with multiple faulty cogs that completely changes the way they make games. With that in mind, here are a few studios that went under, and we want resurrected so that they can continue making the awesome games they once made. In a time when shooters were all about massive guns and blowing up everything that comes your way, Looking Glass studios showed the world that shooters could be more than just brainless fragfests. The studio was renowned for the way they'd reinvent the first-person shooter genre, thanks to titles like System Shock, and later on, the Thief series. They took a different approach from the rest of the industry and focused heavily on stealth gameplay in their Thief franchise, introducing us to the art of sneaking through shadows and tip-toeing around vigilant (and sometimes lazy) guards in dimly lit mansions, ancient cathedrals and gloomy, winding streets. In a time when shooters were all about massive guns and blowing up everything that comes your way, Looking Glass studios showed the world that shooters could be more than just brainless fragfests. The studio was renowned for the way they'd reinvent the first-person shooter genre, thanks to titles like System Shock, and later on, the Thief series. They took a different approach from the rest of the industry and focused heavily on stealth gameplay in their Thief franchise, introducing us to the art of sneaking through shadows and tip-toeing around vigilant (and sometimes lazy) guards in dimly lit mansions, ancient cathedrals and gloomy, winding streets.  Looking Glass were masters of conjuring the best possible atmosphere, pushing their games deep into the realm of the immersive gameplay. After the reins of the Thief franchise was passed over to Ion Storm, the resulting game (Thief: Deadly Shadows) was good but it paled in comparison to the first two. When the studio shut down, its employees were lured by some of the biggest studios out there, and they worked on games such as Deus Ex, BioShock, Oblivion and Fallout 3. Thief 4 was announced recently, and the project is being handled by Eidos. I doubt it will be nearly as good as the first two Thief games, but it'll certainly be nostalgic for all of us Looking Glass fans. |
Tags: Looking Glass , Westwood Studios , Ion Storm , 3D Realms
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