What Went Wrong With Evolution Studios?
362The list of beloved video game development studios that have had long histories of success and acclaim coming to an abrupt end due to unfortunate closures is a long one. Sadly, more studios have been shuttered over the years than one can easily keep track of, a number of which fans think back fondly on for the many great games they made while they were still active.
One such developer was Evolution Studios, which was a name that, at one point, was something of a force to be reckoned with where the racing genre was concerned. Over the course of more than a decade, Evolution Studios put out a number of critically and commercially successful titles, and yet after just one stumble in the early years of the PS4, just like that, the studio was gone. So what exactly happened? How did Evolution Studios go from being a consistently successful team to one that parent company Sony no longer felt was a viable operation anymore?