Inside two weeks after its launch, amidst lukewarm crucial reception, abysmal participant numbers, and shockingly low (alleged) gross sales, Sony introduced that Harmony could be going offline, and that everybody who had bought the hero shooter could be receiving a refund.
Now, a Kotaku report has claimed that Harmony’s recreation director Ryan Ellis – who was beforehand inventive director on Future 2 at Bungie earlier than leaving in 2017 – has stepped down from his function. Although he stays at developer Firewalk Studios, he has now moved right into a help function.
The report additionally claims, nonetheless, that the way forward for the sport and the studio itself stays in limbo. When Harmony was shut down, it was confirmed that Firewalk and Sony could be internally discussing choices for the sport’s future, although Kotaku’s report cites three nameless sources who say Sony hasn’t but mentioned something, and that Firewalk’s workers stay at the hours of darkness.
As per the report, some workers have left the studio, whereas others expect mass layoffs, or perhaps a full studio closure- although it’s necessary to notice that these are inside speculations, with nothing but confirmed. Both method, some employees stay pessimistic that Harmony will return, with hypothesis rife over whether or not the studio would possibly develop one thing completely new subsequent, or maybe be used as a co-development crew on certainly one of Sony’s many ongoing first-party tasks.
PlayStation introduced in April final 12 months that it had acquired Firewalk Studios, including it to its portfolio of first-party studios.
