July 1, 2009 | Nicholas Lovell

No sooner has Codemasters shipped Damnation than the developer, Blue Omega, shuts its doors.

Reports suggest a troubled development process, with Blue Omega turning to outsourced development teams, Velvetelvis Studios and Point of View, who allegedly then started working directly with Codemasters.

Added to the Job Loss Tracker.

Categorised in: Game Over Zone

Tagged in: blue omega, closures, codemasters, job loss tracker, redundancies

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Blue Omega, developer of Damnation, shuts down