Sony Abruptly Shuts Down Harmony Dev

Harmony developer Firewalk Studios has been shut down by Sony after the failure that was its debut sport. Following rumors of the botched hero shooter going free-to-play and the sport being a $400 million cash pit have been undoubtedly indicators of its destiny.

In a prolonged e-mail despatched out by CEO Herman Hulst, it mentioned modifications to the PlayStation Studios household — singling out Firewalk alongside cell dev Neon Koi. It touched on the shuttering of the sport, that it did issues nicely, however didn’t catch on to different options.

This in the end led to the sport sunsetting and now we all know the studio’s closure. Supposedly, this was a studying expertise for Sony and the reside service market.

“Relating to Firewalk, as introduced in early September, sure facets of Harmony have been distinctive, however others didn’t land with sufficient gamers, and because of this we took the sport offline.  We’ve spent appreciable time these previous few months exploring all our choices.   

After a lot thought, we’ve got decided one of the best path ahead is to completely sundown the sport and shut the studio.   I need to thank all of Firewalk for his or her craftsmanship, artistic spirit and dedication.  

The PvP first individual shooter style is a aggressive house that’s repeatedly evolving, and sadly, we didn’t hit our targets with this title. We’ll take the teachings discovered from Harmony and proceed to advance our reside service capabilities to ship future development on this space.”

Harmony itself lasted lower than a month earlier than Sony pulled the plug on its premium hero shooter after a lackluster launch. As for the studio, it was based in 2018 beneath ProbablyMonster earlier than getting bought off to Sony final 12 months.