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Cing, the developer of popular titles like Little King’s Story, Trace Memory, Monster Rancher, and Hotel Dusk, has sadly filed for bankruptcy due to what has been described as "insurmountable debts that the company will never be able to pay". Needless to say it's sad to start the week with this news.

The tiny Japanese developer only had around 30 staff, but managed to produce a number of memorable games on Nintendo’s platforms. Its debts were relatively small, standing at just $2.9 million, but clearly that was too much for such a small company to handle, and now it looks as though it will be forced to close.

The bankruptcy filing puts in doubt the release of Cing’s latest Hotel Dusk game on Nintendo DS. So far it has seen a release in its home territory of Japan under the title of Last Window, but whether a Western release now happens is unknown and may largely be in the hands of Nintendo.

[Tips by GameIndustry.biz]