Turbine’s Santa Monica Studio to Close

Following the news earlier this week that Turbine will shut down Asheron’s Call 2 at the end of the year comes another announcement that the company is closing down their Santa Monica studio. According to GameSpot, both shutdowns will occur at the end of the year:

At about the same time Turbine unplugs the servers and ceases all support of Asheron’s Call 2, Turbine’s West Coast operation will close as well.

Turbine reps tell GameSpot the studio will be officially shuttered concurrent with the shut down of AC2 in late December 2005.