Disney looking to close Black Rock

I'm with you guys on this, Pure and Split/Second are both amazing racing games, both very unique and with excellent controls. If you're going BlackRock, I will miss you.

i hate the way oarent companys seem to be just tossing developers about like rag dolls of late. I give anything to hear some good news now.

Doesn't surprise me to see disney shutting down those two studios. Disney has been sliding down a slippy slope for a very long time with their movies and cable channel. Some big wig probably thought they could open up a gaming divison and make a killing on developing video games... Short sighted like always disney will most likely suffer even more losses in the years to come...

Gotta love when big name studios buy smaller studios and then close them two years later :-/

thing happen. when studios shut down, the members of those make new studios. so what?

To bad to hear that. I really liked Split Second, much more than Pure. A really sad news.

Stick to movies and TV shows, Disney. Stop insulting creative talent. Oh and, by the looks of the article, they seem excited about shutting down Black Rock.... yea well, I'm excited to see you going bankrupt very soon, cutting precious talent like that.

Split Second rocked and Multiplayer was fun. This is disappointing to say the least.

@ Agent-M LOL wut? Pixar has always been owned by another company since it was founded back in 1979. First, it was owned by Lucasfilm, then Apple, then Disney. To suggest it was some glamorous indy company is a bitter irony. As for Marvel, yes, Disney owns the comics publisher but has agreed to stay out of its day-to-day business. Frankly, it's good another company owns Marvel since Marvel can never keep its financials straight and has kissed Chapter 11 on more than one occasion. And finally: WTF are you yammering about? All of those shows have been released on DVD. Even Darkwing Duck.

I like split/second. it have a lot of potencial if they make de second part with better graphics and new ideas it will be great.

Split/Second wasn't great but wit more time wit the sequel it could.ve something special like Burnout

@LordRaymond Lol, it's funny to see Jack Sparrow show his opinions about Disney!! Oh sorry... CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow...!

Disney always should have stick to making movies.

I was never really a fan of Split/Second but it definitely had a lot of potential. I hate to see them go.

Hate to see a studio go, best of luck to the people that get let go

That Sucks Split Second was a good Game would have like to have seen Split Second 2

Just shows how stupid Disney is. Shutting down a company that made some gems like Split Second and Pure is not a good idea.

Wow. You already shut down Propaganda after they gave you an awesome Tron game. Really Disney?

I HATE Disneys owners. They control Marvel which is bad enough. They now control one its strongest competitors - Pixar which sucks. Disney also does not respect any of its original TV shows that helped the company during a time when its movies usually sold very poorly, shows such as Aladdin, Duck Tales and Chip N Dales, etc. Yet they refuse to release DVDs or any video games of these shows, or even reboot them after 10-15 years of them being off air. Disney, YOU SUCK.

I actually liked Spilit Second. I hope some studio hires them, they are very talented.

Dang. I really like Split Second and I was surprised to see Disneys logo on that game. Disney does not realize that when you enter the gaming world, you have to commit yourself. If a game, like Split Second, does not sell well, then take your losses and try again. Dont just suddenly bail out when it has potential. Its understandable if a small publishing company had to do this, but Disney is a mega corporation and Im sure they have plenty of money to keep their development studios going. But I guess they would rather blow their money on their pop artists.

I don't play many arcade style racers, I'm more into the simulation racers like Forza Motorsport but seeing that Black Rock has had 2 major hits on their hands it makes no sense for Disney to axe the developer.

Split Second was awesome! WTF Disney?

*shakes head. I think it silly to sell your company to a big company like disney, as they just end up shutting you down. Look at Pandemic studios and EA.

Disney are morons. The only good games they've put out are from Black Rock and Propaganda. Who do they shut down? Those two! I hope Disney's entire game division goes bankrupt.

So pretty much Disneys game division is dead. I think the only one that is really left is Junction Point.

whyyyyyyyyyyy ??????????? i'm looking 4 new split/second WTF

split/second was a solid racer,this is very sad news..............

I thought split second was a fantastic game...good alternative to burnout for me :/

it was a good game. i hope some company picks up the staff

Disney...what a shame....

...bleaker...?

Probably the only decent game to ever come from a Disney studio, someone should snap these guys up.

first it was blur's studio (bizarre creations) ... and now this studio? damn :|

Like disney doesn't have the money to do a risky project.

>:(

Split/Second was a solid game. So sad.

Damn... :(

i liked Split/Second also, but enjoyed Pure more.. It was baffled as to why they didn't make pure 2 and grew there fan base.. People are more likely than not to buy games from reputable dev's and seeing a pure was sucessful, some might see it as a one hit wonder, it would have been awesome to release pure 2 next and blow the first pure out of the water, Maybe then people would have want to look what the studio has lined up next... Also someone tell Disney to get out of videogame stuff, if you are not prepared to take a few losses then get out, not every game is goona be a break out hit..

Disney, the new M$....

What a bummer

Breaking up a talented and successful team doesn't make good business sense to me. But I'm a gamer, not a businessman.

That sucks! Split/Second was pretty good!

That would be disappointing. Split/Second was an amazingly fun game.

Sony hurry buy them! Have you seen their explosions? They're like right outta a Michael Bay movie! Buy them and make theme help Jaffe!

and here I thought they were talking about a ride at disney world

disney does that. sucks that happened though. total sad face.

It's a shame. Would have loved to see a Pure 2 or Split/Second 2 :(

Bleack? Bleack!? Come on now Alex, that's just downright shoddy!

Cool, they made the best Disney game ever and they are going to close. I can see why Disney has no success on gaming.