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10-18-2012, 06:40 AM
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Black Ops: Declassified (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/black-ops-declassified) and Resistance: Burning Skies developer Nihilistic Software (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/nihilistic) is reorganizing and reforming, with a focus on moving from retail game development towards downloadable, online, and mobile markets. The California-based company today announced (http://www.nihilistic.com/index.php/) it's renaming itself as nStigate following a reorganization that won't see any "planned layoffs," but will see its staff base shrink across the coming months.

Founded in 1998, Nihilistic debuted two years later with the macabre RPG Vampire: The Masquerade. The studio more recently came into prominence on PlayStation Vita, releasing Burning Skies last year before being hired by Activision to develop Call of Duty for Sony's new handheld. Black Ops: Declassified releases next month and Nihilistic assured gamers on Twitter (https://twitter.com/NihilisticInc/status/258745379577790464) the coming transition won't affect any current projects.

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substantial_snake
10-18-2012, 04:04 PM
It makes sense Nihilistic seems to have become a dirty word in Vita circles especially..although they weren't really know for much to being with. Its unfortunate too, I've heard that mechanically R:BS is a solid mechanically but the plot and multplayer leave a lot to be desired...and impressions on Black Ops:Declassified seems to be mixed as well. I was REALLY hoping for portable zombie mode goodness but it seems that either Activision or Treyarch had put their foot down on that idea.