Rebel’s CEO has offered extra perception into why a battle royale sport within the Sniper Elite sequence was canceled.
We first heard concerning the Sniper Elite battle royale last summer, however by November, studies emerged that the venture was canceled after Tencent pulled funding. Rebel, the studio behind the Sniper Elite sequence, by no means actually defined why this battle royale was canceled. It was centered on selling Sniper Elite Resistance, a single-player sport that launched in January. In a brand new interview with The Game Business, Rebel CEO Jason Kingsley revealed extra about this venture and why it was canceled.
“That was a little bit of a one-off. We do not do work-for-hire. However we have been very eager to find out about how Tencent labored. And Tencent have been very eager to learn the way we labored,” Kingsley defined. “On the finish of the day, we walked away as a result of we felt the market had shifted solely. We nonetheless have nice relationships with them. It was a kind of enterprise alternatives that did not get to the final word finish that we have been hoping for.”
Because the battle royale house is more and more dominated by video games like Fortnite, PUBG, and Apex Legends, evidently Rebel and Tencent simply did not really feel {that a} Sniper Elite battle royale might make a large enough splash this a few years after the development started. Rebel has discovered success post-cancellation with the discharge of Atomfall in March, although.
Talking extra broadly about doubtlessly being acquired by a much bigger firm, Kingsley additionally appeared uncertain. “Is anyone going to attempt to purchase us? I do not know. We wouldn’t be simple to purchase as a result of it must be one thing greater than cash. It must really feel prefer it was getting concerned in a much bigger, and higher entity someway,” he advised The Sport Enterprise.
For now, it appears to be like like Rebel will stay unbiased whereas overseeing the way forward for franchises like Sniper Elite and Atomfall. Sniper Elite Resistance and Atomfall are at the moment out there on PC, PS5, and X|S, in addition to the Sport Move Final catalog.