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Studio Behind Last Year’s Critically Acclaimed Cozy Sim Shutting Down After Failing To Get Its Cool New Prototype Funded

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Last Year
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Last Year
Genres · strategy
Release · Dec 10, 2019
Developer · Elastic Games
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62 articles 47 writers 2 reviews
Prototype
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Genres · rpg
Release · Jun 15, 2019
Developer · xingchunfang
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Active · 1989–2014
Latest · SimCity BuildIt
Top genres · simulation, strategy, adventure
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Prototype
Active · 2009–2015
Latest · Prototype 2
Top genres · platformer, adventure, hack_and_slash
78 articles 59 writers 3 games
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