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Pocket Mortys Developer Big Pixel Studios Is Shutting Down The popular Rick & Morty mobile games developer will cease to operate at the end of 2020. Big Pixel Studios, the developer behind the popular Rick & Morty mobile RPG spin-off Pocket Mortys, is shutting down. The studio, which was bought by Adult Swim in mid-2018 after making the Pokemon-like adventure, will be shuttered at the end of 2020, leaving is employees out of work. According to a report from Gamesindustry.biz, around 40 people a...

‘Pocket Mortys’ creator Big Pixel Studios set to close at the end of the year Around 40 employees will be let go Big Pixel Studios Team at a Pocket Mortys event. Image credit: Big Pixel Studios Pocket Mortys creators Big Pixel Studios have announced that they will cease operations at the end of this year, making their entire staff redundant. The closure of the company will see 40 employees left without a job, and according to Laurie James on Twitter the move means their latest game wi...

Update December 16, 2020: An Adult Swim spokesperson offered the following comment on the closure of Big Pixel Studios: "As part of WarnerMedias larger transformation we have made the difficult decision to close Big Pixel Studios. Expanding our IP into the gaming space will continue to be a priority for our brands and those efforts will be driven in partnership with Warner Bros. Games." Original story December 15, 2020: Big Pixel Studios, creator of Pocket Mortys, is shutting down at the end of...

Pocket Mortys developer Big Pixel Studios is shutting down ); } Pocket Mortys developer Big Pixel Studios has shut down. A number of employees shared the news on Twitter, and explained the entire 40-strong team will be made redundant on January 1, 2020.  The news comes over two years after Big Pixel was acquired Adult Swim, which bought the UK studio to expand its in-house development capabilities. In the long-term, Big Pixel was tasked with supporting Pocket Mortys with new features, and cre...

News has broken, via Twitter, that UK studio Big Pixel Studios is set to close down as of the end of the year making all staff redundant.  The studio is the creator of Pocket Mortys, the Rick and Morty-based mobile title where you collect and fight hundreds of Mortys from various dimensions.  According to Laurie James, game server developer at the studio for the past two years, the studio will be laying off around 40 staff: “Some hella good people here, who made something proper cool. Unfor...