At first I thought Casey died :(

What?!
No way

Oh, dear god. That's terrible. Though, they're way beyond their heyday now, Mario Party started getting bad around the sixth installment IMO. Bomberman's a real pity, his legacy drove me to own a Dreamcast.

Konami hasn't been especially impressive lately either so I don't imagine Hudson properties are in more capable hands.

*pours out a 40 for Hudson*

" *pours out a 40 for Hudson* "

Say what you will about the Mario Party series, Hudson produced a lot of entertaining games over the years.  This is definitely a downer.

Shame.

This would've been sad news ten years ago.

R.I.P pour one out to fallen bruthaz...

No seriously, this news is saddening, but Mario party games were getting pretty dry..

I will miss this most of all. 
 

That's too bad. Hope those people can get their jobs back somehow.

 I feel more and more studios closes its doors .
Is it only the biggest companies that has chance in current industry?

Looks like they won't be milking the tired BomberMan franchise anymore, someone else will be.

I did enjoy Mario Party 4 but I never was into bomberman. Sad to see them close their doors especially after being in gaming for so long, kinda makes me wonder which Japanese developer will be next. Capcom perhaps?

Sad people lost their jobs , but what was the last "cool" title from them? Or better yet which was THE game from them in recent years? read the blog andeven the guy knows that japanese game design is not up to date with current standards oh well hudson soft is still on in japan but who knows if the will ever do something/export for western audiences

It always sucks when a developer/publisher goes out of bussiness but when was the last time Hudson released something other then mediocre crap?

This isn't all of Hudson though, right? This is just Hudson Entertainment, the American distribution arm of Hudson Japan, the developer/publisher. 
 
At least, that's my understanding of this.

Umm guys, this is Hudson Entertainment which basically was just the NA import arm for Hudson.  Hudson still exists (sort of).

NOOOOOO I want more Bloody Roar!

I went digging l looking for games that I have played by them.  Turns out I only ever played Bomberman.  Hudson was was also the source of such great Wii ware releases as My Aquarium and Pop Them, Drop Them SameGame.