Earlier this summer season, BioShock 4 reportedly failed an inside overview, which led to Cloud Chamber head Kelley Gilmore exiting the studio. Now, Cloud Chamber has been hit with layoffs as a former Diablo boss steps in to take over the studio.
Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier was the primary to report about Cloud Chamber’s layoffs. He additionally added that former Diablo boss Rod Fergusson would be the new studio head for Cloud Chamber. Fergusson beforehand took over manufacturing of BioShock Infinite and helped information that sport to completion. Fergusson just lately introduced his departure from Blizzard after spending 5 years with the corporate.
2K Video games subsequently shared an inside memo with GameSpot from president David Ismailer, which harassed that the BioShock franchise is vital to the corporate. “Whereas we’re excited in regards to the foundational gameplay components of the venture, we have made the choice with studio management to remodel sure points which can be core to a BioShock sport,” stated Ismailer.
Ismailer characterised the Cloud Chamber layoffs as a chance for the remaining builders “to deal with this work and provides the sport extra time in improvement.” He additionally confirmed Fergusson’s new function within the firm and touted his monitor file within the trade.
“As Head of the BioShock Franchise, Rod will lead Cloud Chamber and oversee the event of the subsequent BioShock sport, in addition to franchise extensions together with our movie partnership with Netflix. We are going to share extra about Rod’s onboarding and the way these modifications will take form within the coming days and weeks. Rod and I labored collectively 10+ years in the past and I’m grateful he has chosen to return to guide our BioShock efforts.”
Fergusson additionally shared a press release on social media about his return to 2K Video games.
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A few of you guessed it, I’m returning to 2K to guide a collection meaning rather a lot to me as the brand new Head of the BioShock Franchise. I’ll be heading up Cloud Chamber and overseeing improvement of the subsequent BioShock sport, together with…— Rod Fergusson (@RodFergusson) August 19, 2025
As for the BioShock film at Netflix, Francis Lawrence continues to be hooked up to direct it. Lawrence’s most up-to-date replace for the movie indicated {that a} new draft of the movie has been written by Terminator: Darkish Destiny scribe Justin Rhodes. To date, no solid members have been introduced.
BioShock creator Ken Levine continues to be engaged on his subsequent sport, Judas, which be printed by Take-Two sooner or later sooner or later.