British developer Cohort, situated in Dundee, has shut its doors. The developer had made The Shoot for PlayStation Network in October 2010 to showcase the Move controller. The studio had been in existence since 2006.
”It really is with great sadness that we have been left with no alternative but to start winding down,” studio CEO Lol Scragg said. “Making all 25 employees redundant is genuinely heartbreaking.” “Redundant” being the polite word for “fired”, the studio had made 27 employees “redundant” last October as well.
The studio created its own engine, Praetorian, for its one game, The Shoot, which had a low 59 Metacritic rating. It also did contract work for such IPs as Buzz, Burnout Paradise, and Motorstorm.