


The layoffs at Radical were attributed to the fall of the video game design market in Vancouver, which had been said to be the "undisputed centre of the Canadian video game industry". The studio suffered massive layoffs on 28 June 2012 and suffered partial closure, being left with the inability to produce original games but rather being limited to support work on other Activision titles. Their motto is Play, Work, Live, Breathe, Games. The company is known for developing Scarface: The World Is Yours, Crash: Mind over Mutant, The Simpsons Hit & Run and the Prototype franchise. The studio, being the oldest gaming studio in British Columbia, is often referred to as the backbone of the gaming industry in Vancouver. It is an entirely owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard after being acquired by Vivendi Games in 2005. It was founded in 1991 and previously developed games for game publishers such as Microsoft and Fox Interactive. Radical Entertainment is a video game developer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
