{"id":826627,"date":"2025-12-10T09:22:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/good-job-developer-paladin-studios-closes-after-nearly-20-years"},"modified":"2025-12-10T09:22:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:22:40","slug":"good-job-developer-paladin-studios-closes-after-nearly-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/good-job-developer-paladin-studios-closes-after-nearly-20-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Job developer Paladin Studios closes after nearly 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/good-job-developer-paladin-studios-closes-after-nearly-20-years.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Paladin Studios has shut down.<\/p>\n<p>The indie studio &ndash; established in the Netherlands in 2005 &ndash; announced the closure earlier this week, saying its &#8220;quest [had] come to an end&#8221; and 45 people, &#8220;each and every one of them a brilliant mind and kind heart&#8221;, have lost their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For almost 19 years, we have poured our hearts and souls into creating games that make you smile,&#8221; the team said in a heartfelt <a href=\"https:\/\/paladinstudios.com\/2024\/05\/02\/our-quest-has-ended\/\">statement<\/a> posted to its official website (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/paladin-studios-has-shut-down-after-almost-20-years\/\">VGC<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/good-job-developer-paladin-studios-closes-after-nearly-20-years\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/good-job-developer-paladin-studios-closes-after-nearly-20-years\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paladin Studios has shut down. The indie studio &ndash; established in the Netherlands in 2005 &ndash; announced the closure earlier this week, saying its &#8220;quest [had] come to an end&#8221; and 45 people, &#8220;each and every one of them a brilliant mind and kind heart&#8221;, have lost their jobs. &#8220;For almost 19 years, we have poured our hearts and souls into creating games that make you smile,&#8221; the team said in a heartfelt statement posted to its official website (thanks, VGC). 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