Unique Life is Strange developer Don’t Nod has introduced it had a tough begin to the 2024/25 monetary yr and has pressed pause on two initiatives consequently.
Don’t Nod’s newest monetary report revealed its latest launch of Jusant and Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden “didn’t obtain the business outcomes” it hoped for and it has modified its plans going ahead consequently.
The studio is “briefly pausing two initiatives in the design part,” for instance, enabling it to “prioritize assets and maximize the possibilities of success of the titles with the best potential at current.”
This can seemingly see Misplaced Data: Bloom & Rage pushed to the forefront following a “notably constructive reception” at Gamescom, Don’t Nod mentioned. The primary a part of this episodic, narrative journey is anticipated in February 2025.
“We’re clearly dissatisfied by our latest efficiency in an especially aggressive and selective market,” chairman and CEO Oskar Guilbert mentioned.
“Regardless of a superb important reception, Jusant and Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden sadly didn’t obtain the business outcomes we had hoped for, leading to a deterioration in our 2024 half-year outcomes and main us to contemplate all potential choices relating to our roadmap.”
Don’t Nod had seven video games in the works as of March 2024, together with the two which are actually on ice. It revealed the quantity as a part of an inner restructuring that noticed three branches created to focus on role-playing video games, narrative journey video games, and motion journey video games respectively.
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