After layoffs final January for Venture Gemini, an unannounced title printed by Sq. Enix, developer Individuals Can Fly has not too long ago confirmed the mission’s cancellation. An unannounced VR title codenamed Venture Bifrost has additionally been shelved.
Relating to the previous, CEO Sebastian Wojciechowski stated that Sq. Enix had not offered a “draft of the following content material rider to the Publishing Settlement overlaying the phrases and situations of additional milestones on Venture Gemini and the dearth of communication from the Writer as to its willingness to proceed or terminate the Gemini mission.”
This affected Venture Bifrost in flip, although Wojciechowski notes the Group’s money move confirmed “an absence of prospects for securing organizational sources and funds essential to proceed the manufacturing and launch of this mission.” Individuals Can Fly should thus “considerably regroup as a studio and scale down our groups.”
“We want to specific our deepest remorse and unhappiness over how these occasions have unfolded and our honest gratitude for everybody’s contribution up so far,” stated Wojciechowski. The studio beforehand labored with Sq. Enix on Outriders, a sci-fi third-person looter shooter for PS4, PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, Xbox One and PC.
The writer introduced over 3.5 million gamers lower than two months after launch, calling it the “firm’s subsequent main franchise.” Nevertheless, Individuals Can Fly revealed that it failed to show a revenue roughly a 12 months later, leading to no royalties earned.
Individuals Can Fly nonetheless has different initiatives within the works, together with Gears of Battle: E-Day alongside The Coalition and an unannounced title for Sony primarily based on a PlayStation IP.
