The Philly Game Forge, Pictured Here in 2013
The Philly Game Forge, a coworking space for Philly’s indie game developers, will be shutting its doors on June 30. Its last day is a Thursday: double whammy.
See, the Old City space — founded in 2013 as a way to cut costs for three burgeoning gaming companies — also served as a longterm venue for Philly Dev Night, a weekly, Thursday-night gathering where local developers would meet and network.
Will Stallwood, manager of the soon-to-be-closed space and cofounder of Cipher Prime Studios, said the Forge had been representing a big financial loss over the past year, making it harder to run the studio he cofounded with Dain Saint in 2008.
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