Here’s some bummer news to begin your morning: Hudson Entertainment, probably most popular for its Bomberman projects and Deca Sports, is shutting down at the end of the month, says brand manager Morgan Haro in a recent and candid blog post. All of the studio’s future projects have been canned, as the studio’s services are no longer needed.

In the post, Haro offers no cut-and-dried reason as to why the studio is closing, but he does note a couple of factors that certainly contributed. Bad communication and collaboration with Japanese parent Hudson Soft, the shriveling audience for Japanese games, the lack of innovation from Hudson itself, and the growing indie movement all had a hand in this sad development, according to Haro. 
 

Here’s some bummer news to begin your morning: Hudson Entertainment, probably most popular for its Bomberman projects and Deca Sports, is shutting down at the end of the month, says brand manager Morgan Haro in a recent and candid blog post. All of the studio’s future projects have been canned, as the studio’s services are no longer needed.

In the post, Haro offers no cut-and-dried reason as to why the studio is closing, but he does note a couple of factors that certainly contributed. Bad communication and collaboration with Japanese parent Hudson Soft, the shriveling audience for Japanese games, the lack of innovation from Hudson itself, and the growing indie movement all had a hand in this sad development, according to Haro. 
 

Sad news...
 
I... Guess?
 
I mean, I really loved Bomberman and stuff back in the N64/Gamecube days, but since then it hasn't been super wonderful. So it's definitely sad but.... I'm not crushed....

That's a shame. I fondly remember some old Hudson games.

" Sad news...  I... Guess?  I mean, I really loved Bomberman and stuff back in the N64/Gamecube days, but since then it hasn't been super wonderful. So it's definitely sad but.... I'm not crushed.... "

Wow that's sad. Konami persumably brought the company for their back catalog, closed down the american branch and are now making the japanese side make web browser games and mobile apps. These are sad times indeed, I shall play some Saturn Bomberman tonight in honur of this tragic news.

MASTER HIGGINS NOOOOOOOO

Poor Hudson. I was hoping for some Bomberman 3D download or something.

Bummer. Many of my parties salute you, Hudson.

That's sad news.  It's good to know that Hudson Japan will live on in one form or another, but the people at the U.S. Hudson office will all be looking for new work soon.

I wonder if this means Natsumi is going through something similar?  I wonder how well Harvest Moon continues to do since they basically put out the same thing every year.

For what it's worth Bomberman Live! was probably my favourite ever XBLA game, that I played for a few hundred hours; great fun with friends and family. 

There goes my hope for Bloody Roar on a next gen console :(

although I can't remember the last hudson game i was anticipating, I hope all the best for the devs. layoffs suck and this seems to be a more common occurance these days in the games industry :/ 
I saw a dev recently and he was anticipating a close down. Hopefully nothing happens there.

The post has been taken down. Wth?

:( Now where will my next gen Adventure Island come from?

Never good to hear about studio closures. 

In all fairness to Hudson, they've put out a lot of horrible, horrible crap recently.

Is this the end of mario party?... 

I feel bad for the all the people that lost their jobs, of course, but I can't say that losing Hudson Entertainment is indeed a great loss. They have their share of good games, sure, but those seem to be mostly in the past. All they've been doing in recent years has been, at most, mediocre and irrelevant.

No Calling 2.

So there's not going to be a Milon's Secret Castle sequel?!

BLOODY ROAR NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I think Mario Party 4 was the last game by them that I enjoyed quite a lot.

Does that mean that there is no possiblity for a new bloody roar? 
 
no....no....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Does this mean no more Mario Party? Then THANK YOU FOR CLOSING!! But really, it sucks that people lose their jobs. But seriously, I have no sad feelings about this at all.

Another one bites the dust.

GAMING IS DYING!!!

No more Star Soldier?

I'd guess that the Japanese parent company wasn't willing to give them much room to do their own things. Hudson has completely and utterly failed to adapt to the modern market, and they're destined for bankruptcy as well if they keep this up.

R.I.P Bloody Roar. You WON'T be missed.....

hmmm another bummer... a bummer week all together.

Shame, I was hoping they'd make another good Mario party game, to make up for the last 4, which were pretty crappy. Maybe it coulda been for 3ds, I'd probably have... Well maybe I wouldnt have played of.

Not my Mario party games! damnnit! i loved them so much.

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

lol

I have no connection to any of their franchises ... but it's always sad to see a developer get closed. 

There go my hopes for another Adventure Island game.

Maybe they'll sell the Adventure Island IP to Bethesda, and they make that after Skyrim.

Buck Bumble

Mario Party?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
 
(I'm not being sarcastic. This seriously sucks.)

Don't care that much really.

:( 
 
Bomberman 64 is still the best party game ever made.

Man, the industry is taking one hell of a beating this year.  
My condolences to everyone this affects. 

Wait, so no Mario Party? Nooooooo.....

Poor Mario Party.

I never wanted a new Adventure Island or Bloody Roar game more than this very moment.

Well that's what happens when all you do is release different versions of bomber man none of which are the one you want. Makes me wonder if the same is coming down the road for natsume

But bomberman...Mario Party...The creator of Adventure Island!?  Noooooooooooooooooooo!!!!  My youth is being destroyed piece by piece.

Goddamn indie developers! All they care about is money!! >=(
 
 
 
Lack of innovation was definitely the killer here. People love bomberman but they just butchered it and rehashed old shit. Did Konami aquire the licenses for the games in the takeover? Or does the Japanese branch own those as well? Hopefully either way we can see something done with bomberman in the same vien as Pacman recently.