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The gaming world was taken by surprise this week, when news of BioShock and System Shock developer Irrational Games’ intentions of shutting down became public. Irrational Games has decided to shut down after 17 years of game development, and a core of 15 members of their team will be moving to a newly formed studio, under Ken Levine. Ken Levine, the head of Irrational Games, has decided to take a step back, and focus on creating story-driven indie games once more, returning to the company’s ...

Starting 1997 Electronic Arts has released a Need for speed game every year, with some years getting multiple releases.  The list stands as follows: 1997 – Need for Speed II 1998 – Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit 1999 – Need for speed High Stakes  / Road Challenge 2000 – Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed / Porsche 2000 2001 – Need for Speed: Motor City Online 2002 – Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 2003 – Need for Speed:  Underground 2004 – Need for Speed:  Underground 2 2005 ...