Mass Effect director's new studio shuts down before it can even reveal its first game after an "unexpected shortfall of funding"
Nov. 25, 2024“We’re heartbroken that we will not be able to bring our new science-fiction universe to completion”
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“Earlier today, we informed our staff that Humanoid Origin will be shutting down,” the company says in aLinkedIn post. “Despite efforts to shield the studio from broader challenges in the industry, an unexpected shortfall of funding left us unable to sustain operations. We’re heartbroken that we will not be able to bring our new science-fiction universe to completion. Our main concern at this time however is for our team, and we are committed to supporting them in their transition to new employment.”
Humanoid’s debut project was set to be a"multi-platform AAA game, focusing on character-driven narrative in an all-new science-fiction universe.“Obviously that sounds like exactly what you’d expect from the director of the Mass Effect series, but this new game was never properly unveiled - all we really got were the handful of concept art pieces shown on the studio’sofficial website.
There are loads of new studios out there with veteranBioWaretalent building new things, but it remains to be seen if any of them can match the historical successes of franchises like Mass Effect and Dragon Age.Exodus from Archetype Entertainment is in developmentandregularly dropping lore teasers. Survival game Nightingale hit early access this year with its own notable BioWare pedigree, but developer Inflexion Gamessuffered layoffs after revealing the game “hasn’t been commercially successful enough to continue development at our studio’s previous size.”
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