Activision has closed its Budcat Creations studio and confirmed that it is laying off staff in its Californian QA team. The move comes as it reassesses racing studio Bizarre Creations, with the ...

[Update: 4:30pm] Regarding the rumors of a closure at Budcat Creations, Activision released the following statement to Shacknews: We continue to streamline our music development resources to ensure ...

Around seventy workers have been made redundant at Budcat Creations, the Iowa-based studio that was purchased by Activision just 24 months ago and yesterday closed at the publisher’s request. On ...

After finding instant success with the acquisition of Guitar Hero publisher RedOctane in 2006, Activision went on a spending spree of sorts. The publisher picked up Bizarre Creations in 2007 to ...