Poland’s 11 Bit Studios has laid off an unknown variety of workers.
In a put up on its web site, the corporate stated that it had cancelled work on Mission 8, which was to be the outfit’s first console-focused recreation. Work on Mission 8 started again in 2018; by 2024, 37 members of workers had been connected to the undertaking.
11 Bit reckons it has spent PLN 48.4 million ($11.8 million) on the sport to this point.
This cancellation was the results of a “thorough analysis” of the title. Mission 8 has seemingly skilled a number of setbacks, together with disruption throughout COVID-19.
“Our imaginative and prescient for Mission 8, which was meant to be our first title designed particularly for console players, was daring and thrilling. Nonetheless, it was conceived underneath very totally different market circumstances, when narrative-driven, story-rich video games held stronger attraction,”president of the board Przemysław Marszał, defined.
He continued: “When assessing a undertaking, the Administration Board all the time considers its improvement progress, together with inner opinions and impartial surveys. We additionally think about market analyses and the sport’s gross sales and advertising and marketing potential. Sadly, on this case, our findings revealed unresolved points and challenges that might require additional extensions of the manufacturing timeline and corresponding price range will increase to deal with. This, coupled with revised gross sales forecasts, largely reflecting the altering market surroundings, raised important doubts concerning the undertaking’s general profitability,”
