Firewalk Studios, the dev behind huge PS5 flop Harmony, is dealing with an unsure future. Kotaku has revealed that recreation director Ryan Ellis (previously Future 2 artistic director at Bungie) has stepped down, and workers are bracing themselves for mass layoffs and even full studio closure.
Harmony dev Firewalk is without doubt one of the ‘costlier’ PlayStation Studios
Kotaku‘s sources have mentioned that Firealk workers are in limbo ever since Sony took the unprecedented step of shutting Harmony down inside two weeks of launch. Like analysts and lots of within the gaming neighborhood, some Firewalk devs are additionally skeptical about Harmony’s return.
The report additional claims that some workers have already jumped ship whereas others are getting ready to exit Firewalk. The workforce is anticipating mass layoffs, with some going so far as anticipating potential closure as a result of Firewalk is without doubt one of the “costlier” builders within the PlayStation Studios household on a “per-head” foundation.
It appears to be like like Sony has but to decide about each Harmony and Firewalk, however Kotaku’s report means that workers have constructive issues to say about Ellis, noting that he genuinely believed in Harmony and “poured an excessive amount of himself into the sport.” “No matter there being issues that would have been finished in a different way all through growth, he’s a superb human and stuffed with coronary heart,” they added.