Test Drive Unlimited studio shutting down

I do miss the online part of this game i've been playing it since it was released and still play offline today

Atari's got Test Drive: Ferrari Legends coming out tomorrow. It's made by Slightly Mad Studios, who did the Need For Speed: Shift games. Quite a big deal one would think. But has anybody heard of it? Anybody know it exists? No.

Wonder why they're not doing well financially.

The first TDU was just what Test Drive needed, A fresh start....the game wasn't perfect but it was very popular but TDU was a flop...a dud....a....yeah.

TDU had/has so many problems it isn't funny but all or most of it could have been avoided if they had spent another year on it, honestly TDU2 feels like a beta not a full game. If Eden does close down Atari really is truly dead as a publisher because I don't see any of their other developers replicating what Eden did with TDU.....

Why all the hate towards tdu2 yeah it is a flawed game, but its still fun non the less, I loved driving around the massive islands, also even tho allot of ppl complained about the controls, if you use a decent wheel its actually pretty good, for those who just wanted to cruise (like me) its a blast.

Anyway I don't really like Atari that much, they don't have that many good franchises left, TDU and The Witcher being the main ones, Alone in the Dark is pretty much dead, they bought Driver Publisher (side note:had both Driver 1 and 2 awesome game), but end up losing it, now theres Tera as a big mmo that seems promising and lets see how that plays out, Eden Games was actually a pretty good developer, not sure what happen or Eden Games employees claims are true, but its dead now.

"Grabs Flame Shield"

Atari here is the real deal. We await you making a system. Atari was about systems and not just games. Seriously get some more backing from serious investors and come out with a system. I would buy for sure and so would many others.

dunno about console versions, but TDU2 for PC was a mess and a major disappointment.

TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED 2 was suck ass game it was waste of time for me, it was a good effort, they created so much things in it like home customs, clothing customs, which was an awesome concept

Too bad....TDU 1 was fun, there just wasn't enough you could do in the open world. I didn't like TDU2 as much....but still one thing to be said about Eden Games...they developed the best Test Drive games to come out in the series in YEARS.

@thewastedyouth

The brand name is a seriously powerful assets.

massive open environment is the only positive thing in TDU,

I always hated its terrible gameplay and stupid COP mode .. anyways, TDU2 was a complete disaster !

"The divestment is in line with our previously stated strategy of exploiting our popular intellectual property library on mobile devices, where he have seen strong initial success, and via online games and licensing." This is MBA-speak for: "We're not going to try to make anything new - we are just going to try to trick you into buying rehashed versions of our old games on your phone."

Bad news! I think Test Drive Unlimited (Preferred the first one) was an awesome game. They really nailed the feeling of an MMO without it really being one. Also, I must've put about 100 hours into the game and didn't even get close to 100% completing it. I hope someone else picks up the franchise though, it would be cool if someone were to improve on it because it did have it's fair share of bugs and glitches.

While it is never good to hear about a company being shut down (except for TItus), I am not really surprised this happened. After what they did to Alone in the Dark, I am surprised that lasted as long as they did.

smart phones to blame! damn you smart phones and tablets you ruined the console

i'm sorry for the guys ending up without a job, but TDU and TDU2 were disasters (at leas the PC version). i had more precise control and impact damage in super mario than in TDU series. sorry, best of luck to the dev's!!!

Would anyone actually notice if Atari pulled out of the console and PC market altogther?

hey hey good bye!!

TDU 2 sucked... I liked the first a lot, but this one lacked that shine all racing games needs. But this isn't a thing just from Eden studio, a lot of good racing frachises are pretty awful now. NFS, Burnout, Ridge Racer, none of these are good now. In fact, the only studio i fell i can rely on with great racing games is Codemasters now (Please, GRID 2)...

But back into topic, Eden isn't the most notable studio, yet they showed some interesting ideas in all their games, be they good or bad. Maybe if they had a better supporter....

This not Eden studios fault itsAtari's, fault Since video game crash in 1970s or 1980s . I think seen enough and i think about time Atari's leave the gameing world.

When they start using the Kotick dictionary and use words like exploit and monetize you know it's only going to get worse. :(

this is what happens when you put your hopes into a shitty game (TDU2)

No! This was my favourite racing game in the entire world, it offered more realism than anything else. It sucks seeing all these game companies going bust but this is a major blow in the business. Rest in Peace Test Drive Unlimited.

Duh what were they thinking? It wasn't a racer it was the sims with some bad driving... Terrible concept.

I always liked Test Drive. Between Test Drive and Need For Speed, that was about 50% of what I played back in the day.

Good. Atari isn't capable of providing the support necessary to produce really excellent games; which TDU2 could have been with a the backing it deserved. Sad for Eden, but if those guys can manage to take the idea that was TDU somewhere worthwhile it could mean amazing things down the road.

It's like a divorce from a shoddy spouse...hard road, better horizon.

Back in the 16 bit age Genesis games cost $49.99 and games didn't cost near as much to make as they do now.

Stop crying buy new or don't buy at all.

Keep buying used and destroy video games GJ.

Don't go out like that.

Damn this is very sad to hear.Test Drive Unlimited 1 is one of my all time favorite racers and after the bugs got fixed Test Drive Unlimited 2 was pretty good aswell

I'm pretty bummed out about this. The TDU series was a great series of games.

nobody's losing sales in this industry, big publishers are finally feeling the effect of releasing way too many crappy/unfinished games.

Every sale those games miss out on isn't a loss. Every sale they made is a crime.

But having said that, and having had the advantage of being part of the long delayed and utterly incompetent beta for this game, Eden only has themselves to blame.

I'm so tired of hearing about developers feeling "pressured" by a publisher to do this or that. Grow a pair and say no. How many of these developers boast about their vision for quality and their belief in integrity for the art of 'good' games, then cry "the publisher made us do it.

If your primary goal is a pay cheque, then you have no right to be talking about things like 'integrity'. Find another job. There are plenty out there that are easier to do, generate a bigger income, and would give them enough spare time to develop their own small-scale indie level games...

... and yes, there are joe jobs out there that pay well and give you plenty of spare time if you make the effort to find them... question is are they really passionate enough to build games on their own time without the safety net of a mega publisher?

It's a real shame that base level of risk isn't the screening process for game development anymore, and that's why the biggest names in the industry are still the amongst oldest (like Carmack and iD).

Its a shame to see another game studio shut down. I loved Test Drive Unlimited 1, i spent countless hours collecting each and every car and house, i also got the game completion to 100%. Test Drive Unlimited 2 was ok, but when it was released my god it was such an unfinished game, so many bugs it felt like i was playing a game still in the alpha testing stage. The game was literally unplayable the first day as when you got to the main menu the "start game" button didn't work so everyone was stuck watching the same cut scene over and over again until a fix finally cured the issue. From the day TDU 2 got released i was convinced Eden was going to crash and burn in the near future, seemed the quality of their games was on a slow decline.

The end for Atari, right there.