Report: Ubisoft cancels social-sim game Alterra
… As Insider Gaming reports, employees working on the game were put on availability for other projects within the company. Game Developer understands the cancellation won't result in job cuts. …
… As Insider Gaming reports, employees working on the game were put on availability for other projects within the company. Game Developer understands the cancellation won't result in job cuts. …
… The Hyenas maker said developers "poured their hearts" into the project for years and explained that accepting the cancellation hadn't been easy. …
… Yet, it also said the studio's unnamed Snake Eyes project has not been canceled. …
… The resulting project was ungodly expensive and aimed at a high-risk market, without matching current player demands." STJV said nobody within Quantic Dream is surprised by the cancellation, despite being told that success was a foregone conclusion for Spellcasters Chronicles by project leaders. …
… Amazon has been largely radio silent about the project itself, but the context surrounding it has been tumultuous, to say the least. …
… The publisher reorganized around five "creative houses," implementing cost-cutting, project cancellations, and a more robust return-to-office mandate. …
… Embracer CEO Lars Wingfors claimed there was a "lack of approval and financing" for a Fishlabs project that has since been cancelled. In her post saying she was looking for work, systems designer Inari Bornholm noted that this makes her third cancelled project of the year. …
… Odd Meter will be using the funding to develop its as yet unannounced new project. …
… In late 2022, Sega reaffirmed its commitment to the project, hoping to have it in the hands of players by March 2026. The company was projecting it would deliver lifetime sales of at least 100 billion yen around $672 million at the time . …
… "Creative talent has been redeployed to projects that can capture and sustain a global audience," added the company. …