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Hudson Entertainment Reportedly Shutting Its Doors

by Jeff Marchiafava on February 08, 2011 at 03:03 PM

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Hudson Entertainment's brand manager Morgan Haro has posted a blog announcing the unfortunate news that Hudson Entertainment will be shutting down at the end of the month, and gave a few examples of where he thinks the company went astray.

In a long and heartfelt post, Morgan explains that Hudson Entertainment, the western branch of Hudson Soft, will soon be shutting its doors and that all of the company's planned projects will be canceled. Hudson Soft will remain open in Japan, but will reportedly be focused on social games.

Morgan goes on to say that he believes his company innovated with some titles like XBLA's Bomberman: Live and the recent Wii adventure Lost In Shadow, but that they also missed some key opportunities with other franchises, such as Deca Sports. All in all, it's an interesting albeit morose post mortem from someone who obviously cared very much for the company that he worked for. We wish Haro and Hudson Entertainment's other employees good luck going forward.

[Via Gamasutra]

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by Alto Shadow Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 03:14 PM

That's too bad some of there games where fun and if I recall these guys made the mario party games right?
by John Jones Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 03:16 PM

Not another one. Thoughts and best wishes go out to the newly unemployed.
by Farrell Maniac Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 04:06 PM

I really didn't see that one coming.
by HoboLuvin Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 04:12 PM

It's a shame how many game companies have gone under. I hope things improve soon. My best wishes go out to the employees.
by TheOpethAffinity Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 04:14 PM

Best of luck to the talented work who lost their jobs over this. It' a shame to see Hudson Entertainment go.
by HoboLuvin Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 04:15 PM

It's a shame how many game companies have gone under. I hope things improve soon. My best wishes go out to the employees.
by Boss Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 04:16 PM

Best wishes to the former employees. It's rough out there.
by Cody Bauman Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 04:28 PM

Bomberman nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! One of my favorite memories regarding games as a kid was playing the original bomberman way back in the day and loving the heck out of it. I wish everyone as Hudson the best of luck, and I hope they can all find new jobs elsewhere in the coming months.

Best wishes to the members of the Hudson crew.
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by Warbuff Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 04:29 PM

Long live Adventure Island.
by OCamper55 Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 06:00 PM

Another one bites the dust... :(
by redlitez76 Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 06:11 PM

it sad to watch a giant die before your very eyes. hudson was one of the great companies that no matter what crap game they put out, I always respected them.

They were the only ones who were brave enough to support the pc engine in America.
by whooopie! Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 07:54 PM

We salute you, Hudson Entertainment. Bon voyage.
by Exdeath11 Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 07:57 PM

This is like, 1 every month now. At least. Sure they're mostly smaller developers, but still, that's where a lot of the fledgling passion is nowadays. This sure is a tough industry.
by BATTLESUIT Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 09:42 PM

Well this blows. What is going to happen to Bomberman? Isn't there one in the works for the 3DS? What studio is developing that one?
by FancyPants Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 09:51 PM

Give me decent bomberman game on xbl
by Hawk_hotlips Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 10:00 PM

I really should buy Lost in Shadow now. It seems like a game I would be so interested in! Now I regret deciding to wait.
by Ryan M. Eft Wednesday, February 09, 2011 at 04:38 AM

This is sad, but almost equally sad is the overall shift in direction for Hudson Soft. I remember that little bee logo fondly from many NES cartridges. They may have inflicted the world with Mario Party, but I couldn't count the number of hours of entertainment I got getting my butt kicked at Adventure Island. Guess this dashes my hopes that that franchise will get included in the recent updated-2D-sequels-to-downloadable-services trend.
by Luis E. Morales Falcon Wednesday, February 09, 2011 at 07:24 AM

The must come with better games.