Murdered: Soul Suspect wasn’t the best game out there but it was innovative. The idea of a supernatural murder mystery where you play the recent victim of a murder searching for his own murderer was pretty cool. It was rough around the edges and its critical response wasn’t that great, but at least it was a new idea. Well unfortunately, it looks like it’s developer Airtight Games isn’t going to get a chance to innovate again, as Game Informer has reported that the studio has closed its doors and is liquidating its assets.
Airtight Games could be described as a studio with more misses than hits. Their catalog, aside from Murdered , also included games such as Dark Void and Soul Fjord . However, they also made the cult classic hit Quantum Conundrum . If they were committed to anything, it was innovation, and that is something to be applauded. Unfortunately, it seems like Airtight Games… sprung a leak.
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I’m sorry.
What I mean to say is that enough commercial failures will cause any studio to close its doors. Still, we are sad to see Airtight Games go as a commitment to innovation is rare in the current gaming market.
Source: Game Informer