Inside two weeks after its launch, amidst lukewarm vital 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 sport director Ryan Ellis – who was beforehand artistic director on Future 2 at Bungie earlier than leaving in 2017 – has stepped down from his position. Although he stays at developer Firewalk Studios, he has now moved right into a help position.
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 in the dead of night.
As per the report, some workers have left the studio, whereas others predict mass layoffs, or perhaps a full studio closure- although it’s vital to notice that these are inside speculations, with nothing but confirmed. Both approach, some employees stay pessimistic that Harmony will return, with hypothesis rife over whether or not the studio may develop one thing solely new subsequent, or maybe be used as a co-development group on considered one of Sony’s many ongoing first-party initiatives.
PlayStation introduced in April final yr that it had acquired Firewalk Studios, including it to its portfolio of first-party studios.
