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Report: 2K Australia shut down with all staff laid off

Reports are coming out of Australia that the country's lone remaining AAA studio has been shut down, with 2K Australia confirmed to be closing its doors.

Ozzie Mejia

April 15, 2015 8:30 PM

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2K Australia has proven to be a great haven of talent for 2K Games. The studio was most recently responsible for releasing Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. Unfortunately, this success was not enough to keep their doors open, as reports are coming in that the Canberra, Australia studio has officially been shut down.

Kotaku in Australia is reporting that all staff at the 2K Australia studio has been let go. Operating costs are being cited as the reason for the studio's closure. Sources also informed Kotaku in Australia that a potential move to Melbourne also resulted in strife that may have led to talent departures and ultimately sealed the Canberra studio's fate. With 2K Australia goes the country's lone remaining AAA studio.

While 2K Australia will be remembered for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, the studio also helped contribute to games like the BioShock series.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?