In what was purely rumour material two days ago has now been confirmed as truth: Activision Blizzard has closed the doors on Spider-Man: Web of Shadows developer Shaba Games, putting roughly 30 employees out of work.

Shaba Games has been around for twelve years and always had a bit of an ‘extreme sports’ background, having worked on console ports of the Tony Hawk franchise, Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray, Mat Hoffman’s Pro BMX, Razor Freestyle Scooter and Grind Session, as well as various licensed games such as Shrek Super Slam.

Representatives from Activision provided the following statement with regard to the closing of Shaba Games:

“Activision continually evaluates the resources at our studio properties to ensure that they are properly matched to our product slate and overall strategic goals.

“As part of this process, we recently made the difficult but necessary decision to close Shaba Studios. We are grateful for the studio’s contributions and wish this talented team success in their future endeavors.”