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Indie Built corporately dismantled

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted May 1, 2006 1:15 pm PT

Take-Two Interactive confirms closure of studio that developed Amped, Links, and Top Spin; publisher still "fully committed" to the brands.

A Take-Two Interactive representative confirmed for GameSpot today that the publisher closed its internal Indie Built studio on Friday. Formerly part of Microsoft Game Studios, Indie Built was purchased by Take-Two in late 2004. The studio was known for its work on a number of sports series for which it owned the intellectual property rights, including Amped, Links, and Top Spin.

"Employees are being offered packages including continuation of salary and benefits, as well as other opportunities within Take-Two as appropriate," the representative told GameSpot. "Take-Two is fully committed to its 2K Sports brand and franchises and retains all rights to the Indie Built IP."

40 Comments

  • Philie22

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 5:38 am PT

    i just came on here to see if they were making an amped 4! and now i see the studios closed down! i think amped 3 is a cool game and still play it now! and i got it first when the 360 came out! its just a good game you can thrash and come back to!

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 7:10 pm PT

    amped wasnt that great

  • SNiperBG

    Posted May 11, 2006 10:53 am PT

    ANd that is end on Top Spin 2 for PC ???

  • mi6ops

    Posted May 4, 2006 12:44 pm PT

    so is there a new links game comming out or not??

  • DrKill09

    Posted May 2, 2006 11:32 am PT

    I hope Amped 4 is still made, although I hope it includes a "classic mode" that feels more like Amped 2.

  • GangsterPanda

    Posted May 2, 2006 9:14 am PT

    Hmm, such a shame. I really enjoyed their take on Amped 3.

  • UltimatumCHIEF

    Posted May 2, 2006 8:00 am PT

    What Ta Hell ?!?!?!?!?

  • chrisdojo

    Posted May 2, 2006 4:41 am PT

    "fully committed" yeah right. if they canned the people who work on them, are the games gonna make themselves?

  • metdevthegamer

    Posted May 2, 2006 1:42 am PT

    No skin off my bones.

  • Light_Bahamut

    Posted May 1, 2006 11:33 pm PT

    So, why'd they do it?

  • Kwiksilva

    Posted May 1, 2006 11:20 pm PT

    thats kinda weird

  • SimuLord

    Posted May 1, 2006 10:33 pm PT

    Wordplay in headline fails. Film at 11.

  • subject117

    Posted May 1, 2006 10:08 pm PT

    Oh the games they made weren't "cookie-cutter" enough.

  • BrianEk GameSpot staff member

    Posted May 1, 2006 6:34 pm PT

    Dude, the world can never have too much Sebastian.

  • KLindblogger

    Posted May 1, 2006 6:17 pm PT

    Yeah, now we're going to end up with games like "Amped 2007" (in this years game, Sebastian finds love in a dude in a firmiliar Bunny Suit!)

  • djyareed

    Posted May 1, 2006 6:14 pm PT

    I'm really gonna miss Indie Built. Personally I think they were a very talented developer. Hopefully the team can get back to making great games soon!

  • lucidcoder

    Posted May 1, 2006 5:47 pm PT

    For those attributing Top Spin and its sequel to Indie Built, know that a french studio (PAM) did all of the actual development, and only a couple of people at Indie were even involved in managing the project. It was basically just contracted out. PAM will continue to develop for Take 2 (ironically).

  • Blazer88

    Posted May 1, 2006 5:12 pm PT

    Hmm so the studio is being shut but the empolyees and the games are going to fine so I guess thats alright.Oh and while I haven't actually played Amped 3 a games actually sales hardly reflect that it was good or not.I can think of quite a few games that don't get nearly the attention some other get and I certainly though they were better overall games.Smaller companies hardly have the money to market as much as the big guys do,..so they donlt ge tthe hype related to that.I mean hell look how many people plunked down cash for that crappy 50 Cent game,..even with bad rating the thing sold well enough that there will be more.

  • drjdh

    Posted May 1, 2006 5:12 pm PT

    MLB 2K6 should have got someone fired!

  • NeoJedi

    Posted May 1, 2006 4:58 pm PT

    That is too bad... those were pretty popular games.

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