As such, some employees will remain working for Radical Entertainment supporting other existing Activision Publishing projects, but the studio will cease development of its own games going forward.' 'Radical is a very talented team of developers, however, we have explored various options for the studio, including a potential sale of the business, and have made a difficult conclusion through the consultation process that the only remaining option is a significant reduction in staff.

'Although we made a substantial investment in the Prototype IP, it did not find a broad commercial audience,' Activision said in a statement on the matter.

Radical Entertainment, the Activision-owned studio behind the Prototype franchise, is effectively no more.