Bye bye Radical Entertainment

After more than two decades in business, Radical Entertainment is apparently no more. The Activision studio's audio director, Rob Bridgett, posted the news on Twitter today, saying simply, "RIP Radical Entertainment 1991-2012." A variety of developers in the area have also been reporting the closure and posting condolences on their Twitter accounts.

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Activision has confirmed the news to Game Informer, with a representative saying, "Radical is a very talented studio and has been a great partner to Activision. Although we made a substantial investment in the Prototype IP, it did not find a broad commercial audience. Following an exploration of a wide range of options, it was determined that closing Radical Entertainment as a creative entity was the only option."

Activision also provided a similar statement to GameSpot, but one that suggests the studio has not been outright closed. The publisher said, "Although we made a substantial investment in the Prototype IP, it did not find a broad commercial audience. Radical is a very talented team of developers, however, we have explored various options for the studio, including a potential sale of the business, and have made a difficult conclusion through the consultation process that the only remaining option is a significant reduction in staff. As such, some employees will remain working for Radical Entertainment supporting other existing Activision Publishing projects, but the studio will cease development of its own games going forward."

It will indeed. "For PC gamers, rest assured that the PC version of Prototype 2 is still going to launch on July 24th as planned," the studio wrote on its Facebook page. "And a special 'thanks' to the Prototype Army and all our extremely loyal and passionate fans for supporting Radical Entertainment. We couldn't have come this far without you."

Prototype 2 was released in April 2012 as Radical Entertainment's biggest game launch ever. The game was well received, with positive reviews on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Versions, with the PC release coming at a later date in 2012. The sales for Prototype 2 dominate the sales of games in April 2012, and achieved higher sales than Kinect Star Wars and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 for the month.