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Ryuu96 on 31 January 2023
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shikamaru317 said:
EspadaGrim said:

Iron Galaxy are the ones who refused to do it and now they are going to have to come crawling back in desperation, I feel bad for the studio and the people who are going to get laid off because of this.

Yeah, Iron Galaxy made a really bad call turning down a new KI game. Both of their last 2 games have flopped hard, Extinction and Rumbleverse. This is isn't the first time we have seen Xbox 1st/2nd party studios make really bad decisions though, Press Play and Twisted Pixel both asked to be let go by Xbox, Press Play ended up shutting down and reforming as Flashbulb Games who as far as I know have yet to make a successful game, while Twisted Pixel ended up only staying indie for like 5 years before Oculus bought them to make first party VR games.

Just a slight correction, Press Play was shutdown by Microsoft, only Twisted Pixel was allowed to spinoff.

Press Play employees went on to form Flashbulb Games and Ghost Ship Games, both of those studios working on IP which were part of the 3 IP that Press Play pitched to the public (Karoo, Knoxville and Dwarka). Knoxville is what Press Play attempted, Karoo became Trailmakers under Flashbulb Games and Dwarka became Deep Rock Galactic (extremely successful) under Ghost Ship Games.

If the public had voted on Dwarka then Press Play would have done Deep Rock Galactic instead of Knoxville and Press Play would probably still be alive.