The developers of Frostpunk 11 bit Studios cancel a new game, towards the console to meet the “market trend”-Especially, the enthusiasm of players decreases for “storytelling games, rich in stories”-and specific issues in the development process. As a result, some 11 -bit employees will lose their jobs, although at least half of the affected development group are being provided with the opportunity to switch to other projects, including several non -notice projects.
As detailed in an investor’s release this week, the canceled game is called project 8 within and has 37 members of the group in September 2024. For the context, 11 Bit Studios currently has more than 150 employees, according to their recruitment website. It began to develop in early 2018, with a total development cost of about 48.4 million Zloties – about £ 9.4 million or $ 11.8 million – in September.
“Our vision for Project 8, is intended to be our first title designed for control gamers, very bold and interesting,” the president of the 11 -bit Przems & Lstrok Management Board; AW Marsza & Lstrok; Observe in the release. “However, it has been formed under very different market conditions, when the games are rich in stories, based on the story that is more attractive.”
The gloom of being fired aside, I can predict that it has just been attracted and worried that 11 bits think that now is less interested in games with a clear storytelling component. After that, again, the reasons for canceling are not all macroeconomics. “With project 8, we have experienced both breakthroughs and failures,” Marsza & Lstrok; continued. “In the Covid-19 pandemic, the stability of the development team has proved especially difficult, but the progress continues.
“Although we have achieved remarkable quality improvements in certain areas, some important aspects of the game and its development process still have problems despite repeating,” he said. “Over time, the delay in accumulation and with each milestone, the project budget increases.”
In the process of evaluating the final important milestone of the game without notice, Marsza & Lstrok; Explaining, “Our findings show that the problems and challenges have not been resolved will require an extension of the corresponding production time and increase the corresponding budget to solve. This, along with modified sales forecasts, mainly reflect the changing market environment, significantly increasing the overall profit of the project.”
It is not clear how many people will be fired by canceling, because it will be a “period of period”. Marsza & Lstrok; DID appoints that “more than half” of the 8 project group will be provided with opportunities to move to other groups or new initiatives, not yet reported “.
I did not know 11 bits working in a game focused on the console. Their recent Frostpunk 2 has used many critics, although our Sin Vega is quite mixed with it, and her conclusions with my misunderstandings at the preview stage.
I am also not completely sure what will make The Alters next year, a fancy science fiber, in which you play the role of a Castaway to operate a rolling space, and then have to deal with the multi -psychological luggage of his ratio. I think it will be memorable, whatever happens. Ignoring indoor projects, 11 bits also published some excellent third -party creations, including religious Indiking Acerbic and Fantasy Reshelving Sim Moonlighter.
I was interested in seeing project 8, assuming it was also shipped on PC. Good luck to everyone affected by cancellation. Hopefully this will be the last layout of 2024. It is definitely a long year, and not only for video game developers.
