Midway Studios Austin (formerly known as Inevitable Entertainment) was a

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established by former

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employees, founded as Inevitable Entertainment in 2000 and acquired by

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in 2004. Responsible for developing '' Area 51'' and its 2007 sequel '' BlackSite: Area 51''. On August 11, 2008, Midway announced it was canceling the game in development at its Austin location and was laying off between 90 and 130 of the Austin employees. In December 2008, the studio closed its doors, laying off the entire local workforce as part of a larger, company-wide, action. Many of its former staff members have since left to other companies such as Aspyr,

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, Certain Affinity, and the now-defunct Vigil Games.

Games

*'' Tribes: Aerial Assault'' (2002) *'' The Hobbit'' (2003) *'' Area 51'' (2005) *'' BlackSite: Area 51'' (2007)

References

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