Concord’s director, Ryan Ellis, has reportedly stepped down from his position at Firewalk Studios to maneuver over to a assist one whereas the studio’s future stays unclear.
Based on a report from Kotaku, Sony has not decide on how or if it should proceed with Harmony but. Nevertheless, the builders inside Firewalk are reportedly pessimistic that the sport will come again after it was taken offline earlier this month. Some workers have reportedly been requested to discover pitches on what initiatives to work on subsequent, whereas there are some that assume that Firewalk may operate as a assist studio for one among Sony’s different first-social gathering initiatives at the moment in growth.
Nevertheless, different workers reportedly anticipate that mass layoffs are coming, and even an entire studio closure resulting from Firewalk reportedly being one of many costlier studios inside PlayStation’s suite of first-social gathering builders. Some workers have additionally reportedly started updating their portfolios and even left Firewalk fully, whereas those that stay are ready to see what sort of severance package deal they may get if Sony does proceed with layoffs.
Harmony was launched on August 23 for PS5 and PC, however was taken offline on September 6 resulting from low participant-depend and reportedly dismal gross sales. The sport will nonetheless be part of Amazon’s new online game TV present regardless of its destiny, and people who purchased the digital copy have had it faraway from their accounts after being refunded.