Fury developer Auran shuts down

In their defence....

No wait, Fury was pretty bad.

Gets lost in the shuffle is right, I forgot this even existed. Looking at past articles it seems like Joystiq's hands-on with it was pretty good. It's a shame it didn't take off.

Then again, people willing to pay for MMOs are probably already on WoW or even EVE and people too cheap to do so are playing Guild Wars or not in MMOs at all.

Sorry, it has absolutely nothing to do with the article, but I would like to ask Joystiq to remove the ad for the Energy Hog, please? It is scaring the shit out of me... thanks!

If it becomes free-to-play I'll definitely give it a shot.

I'm not so big into PvP, so this game didn't appeal to me. Was this game really THAT bad, though?

I think I speak for almost everybody when I say:

Who?

too bad for them

Something that cost $13.2 Mill to make, withered down to a free download. That's just sad.

The Fury download trashed my system after I installed it.
Too bad for them.

i hate furries!

I was going to be doing work experience for Auran next year o_o...well... not anymore :(

People need to understand that the quote was a press release and was a specific market announcement about "Auran Developments". The parent company is "Auran Holdings" and their other operational subsidiary, "Auran Games" are doing quite fine.

Since Fury and Trainz are now in their operational phases, they don't need development any more. Instead of winding up the development company and paying a truckload more cash, they simply put it in to "administration". It is an effective strategy for reducing costs and quickly offloading staff. I am not suggesting it is either an ethical or moral way to treat people but that's the way the world works.

The positive outcome is that the Australian gaming development community lives on - all staff will be paid out according to contract and the industry is eager to re-employ them, and those staff will get industry experience with a new organisation. Rinse and repeat. Blizzard staff beget Guild Wars staff. The world gets better.

Auran as a whole will live on too.

Judge Fury on its merits. Does it suck as a game or not? It's a fairly subjective opinion. And since the game now appears to be FREE, give it a go and make up your own mind.

I reckon everyone should download it and give it a go. At the very least show support for the oldest Australian games company that has put Australia on the world map as an outstanding creative developer - Dark Reign, Trainz, and Fury. All big projects. And with Fury they put more money into a single development than any other Australian games company ever.

Fury: http://www.unleashthefury.com/free2play/