11 Bit Studios has canceled Challenge 8, its console-centric sport that started improvement round 2018. As of September 2024, 37 group members had been concerned within the challenge.
“Our imaginative and prescient for Challenge 8, which was supposed to be our first title designed particularly for console players, was daring and thrilling. Nevertheless, it was conceived beneath very totally different market situations, when narrative-driven, story-rich video games held stronger attraction,” mentioned president Przemysław Marszał in a statement.
He blamed COVID for a number of the sport’s setbacks, and over time, delays collected and the challenge’s price range grew. Throughout Challenge 8’s most up-to-date milestone, the studio discovered that unresolved points and challenges would have prolonged improvement time, and misplaced confidence in finishing the sport inside an inexpensive timeframe and at passable high quality. Thus, it was canceled.
An unknown variety of builders might be laid off because of Challenge 8’s cancellation, and a few workers might be provided alternatives to transition to present initiatives.
11 Bit Studios’ newest sport, Frostpunk 2, was launched in September. It received the award for Greatest Technique Sport at The Sport Awards 2024. This 12 months’s present additionally launched the “Sport Changer” award for Amir Satvat, who has helped laid-off sport builders discover openings at different corporations over the past 12 months.
In GameSpot’s Frostpunk 2 overview, we mentioned, “Frostpunk 2’s difficult gameplay makes for a compelling expertise regardless of a dour and cynical view of human nature.”