When Microsoft and Xbox introduced layoffs numbering within the thousands earlier this yr, it meant the tip for an entire bunch of upcoming sport initiatives. Many studios have been pressured to downsize, and a few shuttered completely, consequently. Fortunately, some enterprising builders are turning the dangerous information into one thing optimistic.
A bunch of former devs from ZeniMax On-line Studios, which made The Elder Scrolls On-line and scrapped looter shooter Blackbird, have banded collectively to type a brand new firm known as Sackbird Studios. Maybe unsurprisingly, the group goes for the employee-owned, self-funded route. “With no exterior buyers and full artistic management, the group is concentrated on constructing nice video games—on their very own phrases,” the announcement states.
Proper now, the senior group numbers fewer than ten people, together with CEO Lee Ridout and COO David Worley. Sackbird is already in lively improvement on its first venture, however the crew is not sharing any particulars apart from that the sport will probably be obtainable on each PC and consoles.
