people can fly, the studio behind Bulletstorm and Outriders has independently published the following projects: The company had partnered with Take-Two Interactive to bring out its next action-adventure game, Project Dagger. However, two years after signing the agreement, it is withdrawing.
People Can Fly’s Project Dagger will be self-published after Take-Two terminates publishing deal
Take-Two’s notice to terminate its development and publishing agreement with People Can Fly allows the studio to retain its intellectual property rights to Project Dagger. Therefore, we will continue to develop the game without a publisher for the time being. However, there are obstacles that may affect the future. The termination notice stipulates that any advance payments made to the studio for development must be repaid. The amount varies depending on how the game is commercialized and whether it is self-published or co-released with another publisher.
People Can Fly CEO Sebastian Wojciechowski said he doesn’t see any difficulty between Take-Two and the studio. He said there is no reason People Can Fly can’t work with the publisher in the future.
For a studio with relatively few titles, People Can Fly is pretty big, with eight studios and over 550 employees. Currently, he’s working on seven projects, including Project Dagger, and starting in 2024, he plans to release at least one AA game every year.
Despite its struggles with Outriders, which struggled to turn a profit, the studio continues to work on Project Dagger. Wojciechowski remains optimistic about the game’s prospects and development will continue as normal. he said:
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[Source: Gamesindustry.biz]
