By Diego Argüello | September 16, 2026 Edited and Expanded for Investigative Context Executive Overview Build a Rocket Boy (BARB), the ambitious video game development studio founded by industry veteran Leslie Benzies, is reportedly winding down operations and permanently closing its doors. Multiple employees have taken to professional platforms like LinkedIn to announce their redundancies,…
September 1, 2026 By Diego Argüello Executive Overview In yet another turbulent chapter for the mobile games industry, Sega-owned Rovio is shuttering its Copenhagen studio, bringing an abrupt end to operations in Denmark following the cancellation of its high-profile mobile project, Sonic Blitz. The closure affects a dedicated team of approximately 20 developers, marking the…
Executive Overview In an announcement that has reverberated across the global film, television, and broadcast industries, Miller Camera Support Equipment—the legendary Australian manufacturer of professional camera support systems—has announced it will permanently wind down operations. The closure, scheduled to take effect on September 25, 2026, marks the end of a historic 72-year operational run for…
Executive Overview In a sweeping restructuring that marks yet another sharp pivot in its multi-year, high-stakes interactive entertainment experiment, Netflix has officially shut down two of its internal video game development houses. Among the casualties is Night School Studio—the critically acclaimed indie developer behind the supernatural thriller Oxenfree and the recently launched, high-profile horror game…
