that’s a shame but not terribly surprised since what exactly have they done since Concrete Genie? I can’t find anything really since this nearly 2 years ago
Concrete Genie developer Pixelopus is working on a PS5 game in collaboration with Sony Pictures Animation, the film studio behind Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and The Mitchells vs. The Machines.
www.playstationlifestyle.net
That's the game I was looking towards. Hopefully another studio in SIE has also been working on said game and PixelOpus were just one of the other (much smaller, apparently) teams on the project. I hope that game isn't cancelled and maybe we get to see a reveal for it at the showcase this year (another update on DokeV would also be very welcomed).
Again always a bit saddening to see teams close down but I'm also guessing the PixelOpus members will most likely just join other PlayStation teams like Team Asobi, Insomniac, Media Molecule etc.
Deal Gone
They're probably next in line if they don't come up with something economically viable
Really feel for these smaller 1P games that aren't the GOW/Spiderman/Horizon style experiences they should lean into leveraging them for PS+ sub & revenue growth with Day 1 releases. Maybe some of them can also get mobile releases, if that's what it takes to justify making them & releasing them.
Microsoft's getting a lot of things wrong these days but one thing I'll say Game Pass is actually good for, is giving some unique indie & smaller to mid AA games a space. I also like that MS themselves are willing to fund and put out games like HiFi Rush and Pentiment. Those are areas that seem to be their strengths, I can respect them for that.