Aces Game Studio
| Aces Game Studio | |
|---|---|
| legal form | |
| resolution | January 22, 2009 |
| Seat |
Redmond , Washington United States |
| Branch | Software development |
Aces Game Studio was an American development studio of Microsoft Game Studios based in Redmond , Washington, which developed the Microsoft Flight Simulator and the Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator . The studio was closed on January 22, 2009 as part of a wave of layoffs that ultimately affected 5,000 Microsoft employees. At the time of the closure, the studio was working on a highly advanced successor version of the train simulation Microsoft Train Simulator , the project was never completed.
In October 2009, Rick Selby and Kathie Flood, along with other former employees of Aces Game Studio, founded a new studio called "Cascade Game Foundry" with a focus on the development of simulation games .
Individual evidence
- ^ ACES Game Studio . Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ^ Microsoft's game studios take a beating in layoffs; flight sim studio closure confirmed. In: VentureBeat. January 23, 2009, accessed January 24, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Microsoft Confirms Aces Closure - IGN. Accessed January 24, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Alexander Leigh: Aces Studio Vets Launch Cascade Game Foundry, Will Focus On Simulation. Gamasutra , October 13, 2009, accessed July 3, 2019 .