Working Designs der igennem en årrække har været firmaet der tog japanske RPG-spil under vingerne og udgav dem i Amerika, har meddelt at firmaet lukker og slukker. Det er Working Designs dalige præsident Victor Ireland, der via firmaets officielle site indrømmer at holdet har kastet håndklædet i ringen. Victor siger bl.a.:
"I want to thank each and every one of you personally for being a fan, buying the games we released, and telling your friends. You HAVE made a difference, because you bought the crazy things we did. Thanks to YOU, there are deluxe packs, pack-in soundtracks, better packaging, great hint guides, and better localizations in general. We said it a lot, but it really was true. We were nothing without you."
Working Designs er dog langt fra døde og begravet, da Ireland ser muligheder i fremtiden. Han siger bl.a.:
"For the future, there are still great opportunities. I have been in touch with a number of other publishers and manufacturers and I will be working with some of the WD staff to do games for other publishers for the time being, but not as Working Designs. One thing that holds a ton of promise is XBOX 360 RPGs, and I've contacted Microsoft about getting what's underway in Japan out in the US and helping to get more done worldwide. We'll see what happens on that front, but please let them know that YOU WANT MORE JRPGs here. There's some amazing stuff coming for the '360 in Japan, and I know I want it - I think you will, too."