It’s the end of a story that hasn’t even really begun, at least not publicly. Now that Outriders seems to be completely closed following the release of its DLC, the studio People Can Fly can move on, and this other thing is what is called internally Project Dagger. This title, which is an action and adventure game, was to mark the collaboration between the studio and Take-Two, but after two years of working together, the two entities separate.
Take-Two throws in the towel
During a People Can Fly financial report reported by Eurogamer, we learn that Take-Two dropped the project, despite having devoted two years of work to it. However, there is no dramas to note here, since Sebastian Wojciechowskiwho is at the head of the studio confirms that the two companies separated in calm and respect:
“ I guess we’ll part ways on good terms, and I don’t see why we couldn’t work with Take-Two on another project in the future. »
The development of Project Dagger keep on going since it is People Can Fly who owns the rights to this new license. The publisher could have bought them back, but declined the offer. The game is still in pre-production phase and is migrating from Unreal Engine 4 to 5. The studio intends to self-publish the titlealthough he won’t rule out working with publishers who might be interested in the project.
Decidedly, between the problems of royalties at Square Enix and the abandonment of Take-Two, People Can Fly decidedly does not have much luck with the publishers.