Good Job developer Paladin Studios closes after nearly 20 years
Paladin Studios has shut down.
The indie studio – established in the Netherlands in 2005 – announced the closure earlier this week, saying its “quest [had] come to an end” and 45 people, “each and every one of them a brilliant mind and kind heart”, have lost their jobs.
“For almost 19 years, we have poured our hearts and souls into creating games that make you smile,” the team said in a heartfelt statement posted to its official website (thanks, VGC).
“Starting as a bootstrapped mini studio in 2005, we followed the twists and turns of the game industry and slowly but steadily found our place in it. Over these years, the studio peaked at 55 people.”
The statement adds that over almost 20 years, the studio had worked with “incredible partners” such as Nintendo, Apple Arcade, Netflix, Zeptolab, and Bandai Namco on games like Good Job, Cut the Rope Remastered, Amazing Katamari Damacy, and My Tamagotchi Forever.
