In the past few years, studio People Can Fly have been quite busy, with the team behind the likes of BulletStorm and Outriders working on 4 separate projects at once. Unfortunately, half of these have now been cancelled, with both Projects Gemini and Bifrost being “suspended.”
Taking to Twitter to make the announcement, People Can Fly CEO Sebastian Wojciechowski wrote: “Today we made a very difficult decision to suspend the development of project Gemini and project Bifrost.”
According to the studio, “The suspension of the Gemini project is a consequence of the fact that the Publisher has not presented us with a draft of the subsequent content rider to the Publishing Agreement covering the terms and conditions of further milestones on project Gemini and the lack of communication from the Publisher as to its willingness to continue or terminate the Gemini project.”
For context, Project Gemini was announced in partnership with Square Enix, leading many to believe that it would have likely been a sequel or follow-up to Outriders. Unfortunately, two years on from its release back in 2021 and the game had still yet to make a profit – which may be the reason why ‘the publisher’ didn’t want to continue with the follow-up.
The second game to be cancelled was project Bifrost, a self-published title which according to Wojciechowski “was suspended due to the above and the analysis of the Group’s cash flow, which showed a lack of prospects for securing organizational resources and funds necessary to continue the production and release of this project.”
As expected, these cancellations have come alongside a round of lay-offs, with the CEO expressing “our deepest regret and sadness over how these events have unfolded and our sincere gratitude for everyone’s contribution up to this point.”
Currently, People Can Fly still have two titles in the works – serving as co-developer for Gears of War: E-Day while also working on project Delta with Sony/PlayStation. Hopefully both these remaining projects manage to pass the finish line.
KitGuru says: What do you think of these cancellations? Did you enjoy Outriders? Would you have welcomed a sequel? Let us know down below.
