V1 Interactive that Developed Disintegration Officially Shuts Down in March 2021

V1 interactive, A development studio based in Seattle, that developed titles like Disintegration officially shut down. It was announced on Twitter with a Tweet a while ago by the V1 Interactive studio. 

"We are sad to inform you that V1 Interactive is officially closing.

We want to thank all the talented people at V1, both past and present, who helped make the last 5 years wonderful.

And a heartfelt thanks to the amazing community that supported us."

The studio thanked its staff for their amazing work in the titles in the last five years. The CEO and founder of V1 Interactive tweeted separately in a Tweet about the announcement.

"At V1, our priority has been to the wellbeing of our employees.

We’ve been transparent with them about the state of things for months and are making this decision now so they still have ample time to search for new jobs while being supported by our studio."

V1 Interactive was founded by Lehto, the co-creator of the Halo franchise, with Disintegration as its only published title. The game was first envisioned as a real-time strategy title but was gradually shaped into an FPS ahead of its official announcement in July of 2019. It launched in June of last year, but our review of the game said that its simple shooting and squad management made its campaign "fall pretty flat." 

Support for multiplayer was shuttered three months after release, and publisher Take-Two (via its Private Division label) CEO Strauss Zelnick called Disintegration's sales "a bit disappointing."

This is the second Private Division studio to go under in recent years, with the development of Kerbal Space Program 2 being moved to a new, internal studio from independent external studio Star Theory in February of 2020, along with half of Star Theory's employees. Those remaining at Star Theory were eventually forced to shutter the studio due to an inability to secure new publishing contracts.



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