Agreement According to Sony Interactive Entertainment analysts, developer Firewalk Studios has been shut down internal email from CEO Hermen Hulst. Hulst confirmed that the failed shooter has been permanently disabled and will not return.
“After careful consideration, we have determined that the best course of action is to permanently discontinue development of the game and close the studio,” Hulst said in an email to employees on Tuesday. “I want to thank all of Firewalk for their artistry, creative spirit and dedication.”
Hulst explained this after taking it Agreement offline in September, SIE “has spent a significant amount of time over the last few months exploring all of our options” for the shooter. “The PvP first-person shooter genre is a competitive space that is constantly evolving, and unfortunately we did not achieve our goals with this title,” he said. “We will learn from this lesson Agreement and continue to expand our live services capabilities to ensure future growth in this area.
In the statement regarding X (formerly Twitter) Firewalk Studios wrote that it was “logging out for the last time.”
In addition to Firewalk Studios, Hulst announced that another Sony-owned studio, Neon Koi, will be closed. Neon Koi based in Helsinki, previously called Savage Games acquired by Sony in 2022created a mobile action game for PlayStation. The closure of both studios will result in the loss of jobs of 210 people, Bloomberg reported.
Agreement made headlines due to low player numbers on Steam at launch. According to a report from IGNanalysts estimated that opening week sales were exceptionally low for a first-party game published by Sony – only about 25,000 copies Agreement they were presumed to have been sold. Faced with bad press and dwindling player numbers, Sony and Firewalk quickly pulled the plug. Agreement it stopped working two weeks after launch. Customers who purchased the game received a refund.
Before Tuesday’s announcement, Sony and Firewalk’s plans for Agreementthe future seemed open, leading to speculation that the game might be re-released as a free-to-play game – Agreement costs $39.99 — or with a Sony PlayStation Plus subscription.
Firewalk Studios was founded in 2018 as part of the ProbablyMonsters gaming studio collective founded by Harold Ryan. Sony and ProbablyMonsters have announced a publishing deal for the debut game Firewalk in 2021. In April 2023, Sony announced that it planned to acquire Firewalk from ProbablyMonsters.
