Midway Newcastle drains the moat, shuts down
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Jul 14th 2009 10:15AM
Try as it might, Midway Newcastle (
Wheelman,
Necessary Force) has apparently closed down, thanks to Midway's corporate incompetence and a lack of interest by
new overlords at Warner Bros.
Develop reports that the studio received the news this morning from Midway CEO Matt Booty -- an "insolvency team" was there to close the studio as soon as possible.
That leaves the fate of
Midway San Diego still hanging in the balance. Hopefully the 70 or so folks from Newcastle can find jobs soon. We hear that Realtime Worlds is
hiring like crazy, and perhaps the team at
Ruffian could use some help on
Crackdown 2?
