Yesterday, we lined a few of the Xbox layoffs from this week and how developers such as The Coalition and World’s Edge were involved, and now World’s Edge specifically has been getting a variety of chatter on-line right now.
That is primarily due to a suggestion {that a} recreation (or at the least a “undertaking”) has been cancelled on the studio following its shift to Activision. A former Senior Software program Engineer on the studio particularly referred to this of their departure notice:
“As we speak our studio was reorganized to be below the Activision umbrella. As a part of that reorg, our subsequent undertaking was cancelled and a big chunk of our studio was laid off. I used to be a part of that layoff.”
World’s Edge, if you do not know, has been concerned in growing Age of Empires and Age of Mythology video games over the previous few years, and our sister web site Push Square has speculated that Age of Empires 5 could possibly be the cancelled undertaking.
Xbox did not point out something in any respect about cancelled video games in their statement the other day although, so we’re assuming the undertaking was in its infancy. There’s additionally an opportunity it might have been extra content material for one of many different Age of Empires video games, however finally we might by no means get the total particulars.
Regardless of a suggestion that round half the staff had been let go, former studio artistic director Adam Isgreen talked about that they’d “nice plans for what’s subsequent”, and possibly Microsoft would not wish to pull the plug on these plans solely.
“MS facilitated me visiting locations I might not have seemingly visited and gave me the chance to work together with wonderful builders from all around the globe. For that, I am very grateful. “
“I’m after all upset that that is the way in which the time with World’s Edge and Age ends for myself and lots of of my gifted teammates that had been additionally impacted – we had some nice plans for what’s subsequent – and I hope the staff that is still can rise to the event down the road.”
In any case, the way forward for World’s Edge can be below Activision now, and we’ll have to attend to see what comes of it.