Kevin Levine (BioShock) speaks on the closure of Irrational Games
, by Thibaut
Despite the success of BioShock and BioShock Infinite, 2K Games decided to close Irrational Games in 2014. In a recent interview, Ken Levine, the franchise's creator, looked back on this painful episode.
When talking with Edge, Levine spoke at length on the subject. He is currently at work on Judas at Ghost Story Games.
"So my intention was to go [to Take-Two] and say, 'Look, I just need to go start a new thing, and Irrational should continue, That's why I didn't maintain the name Irrational. I thought they were going to continue. But it wasn't my company–I sold the company, so I worked for Take-Two, and the studio was theirs. The decision was made at a corporate level that they didn't think they should continue with the studio as a going concern. My feeling was that it probably would have made sense. Take-Two did a BioShock remaster: That would have been a good title for Irrational to get their head around, build a new creative director structure, and then build off of that once they had the confidence to do the next BioShock game. I don't think I was in any state to be a good leader for the team."
Source: magazinesdirect.com