Alone in the Dark developer Pieces Interactive has been shut down by the now notorious Embracer Group after the recreation failed to satisfy expectations.
A press release on the developer’s website lists a 2007 to 2024 lifespan for Pieces Interactive alongside the message “thanks for enjoying with us.” It additionally affords a brief historical past of the studio earlier than a devoted paragraph feedback on its acquisition by Embracer Group, which in the final yr has additionally shut down builders Free Radical Design, Onoma, and Volition Video games amid lay-offs affecting greater than 1,000 staff.
“In 2017, Pieces Interactive had been acquired by Embracer Group after working with the enlargement for Titan Quest, Titan Quest: Ragnarök and third enlargement for Titan Quest, Titan Quest: Atlantis,” the submit mentioned. “Our final launch was the reimagining of Alone in the Dark.”
The survival horror recreation, which launched in March 2024 to middling opinions, endured a “softer than anticipated efficiency” and “carried out under administration expectations” based on an announcement from Embracer made after it reportedly made a round of layoffs at Pieces Interactive.
Pieces Interactive joins an growing checklist of online game studio closures and layoffs which have plagued the trade for the previous two years. Embracer has brought on many of those, having minimize hundreds of employees since the collapse of a $2 billion deal in 2023.
It additionally offered the likes of Borderlands developer Gearbox Software program and Star Wars Knights of the Outdated Republic remake studio Saber Interactive forward of asserting a cut up into three separate corporations.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.