Hamburg-based German studio Daedalic Entertainment has stopped developing games and will now focus entirely on publishing. These release reports Wirtschaft games.
The reason for the decision was the failure of the adventure stealth action The Lord of the Rings: Gollum. Both the press and gamers did not like the Lord of the Rings game so much that the studio decided to give up on new projects.
“Games will no longer be developed in-house in Hamburg. “This is a difficult milestone for us, but also a new start in Daedalic Entertainment’s long history.”
As an example, the company cited that survival simulator Surviving Deponia will be published by Daedalic, but created by a third-party studio, AtomicTorch.
Daedalic confirmed that they laid off 25 of their more than 90 employees as a result. “We value every member of our team. We will support our former employees in finding new jobs.”
It’s Magic, which has been in development since mid-2022 and is also codenamed based on the Lord of the Rings universe, has been officially canceled.
journalists before has been severely criticized A new game about Gollum based on “The Lord of the Rings”.