Polish developer People Can Fly, the studio best-known for Outriders and Gears of War Judgment, is suspending or scaling again extra tasks amid what CEO Sebastian Wojciechowski is asking “exterior market pressures.”
In a statement released on X/Twitter, Wojciechowski introduced that People Can Fly is suspending Project Victoria, cutting down Project Bifrost, and restructuring inner groups. The determination follows the April cancellation of Project Dagger, an action-adventure sport initially set to co-developed and printed with Take-Two Interactive earlier than it pulled out in September 2022.
As a part of the cutbacks, People Can Fly says it is both suspending or shedding 120 employees, including to 2024’s already grim video games trade layoff toll.
“This motion turned mandatory as exterior market pressures continued past our forecasts. The online game market remains to be evolving, and we’ve to regulate with the place issues are right this moment. We are redoubling our efforts with new work for rent engagements and specializing in the event of a single impartial sport,” Wojciechowski wrote.
People Can Fly’s announcement additional whittles down its listing of seven tasks revealed again in July 2023. Another, codenamed Project Gemini, is in improvement with longtime accomplice Square Enix, however its standing is unclear. Project Red, in the meantime, is within the “idea stage.”
People Can Fly’s most up-to-date venture is Bullestorm VR, an up to date model of the basic shooter for Meta Quest and PSVR 2 developed at the side of Incuvo. Project Gemini is predicted to launch someday in 2026.
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