So if I’m reading this right Annapurna Interactive ( the gaming division of Annapurna) staff quit because the owner of Annapurna as a whole wouldn’t let them go independent?
DomineeringDrake
About time a dev team stood up. The industry overworks these souls till they burn their passion out. As a fledgeling dev I’ve seen how corpos treat them.
rnilf
> Annapurna Interactive President Nathan Gary and his team had been negotiating with Ellison, the daughter of billionaire Larry Ellison
Oh for fuck’s sake, that damn Ellison family.
Larry Ellison, the father, is the bane of the open-source community.
Megan Ellison, the daughter, is so horrible that an entire division in her company would rather resign than work for her.
David Ellison, the son, will soon take over Paramount. Can’t wait to see how the entertainment industry handles that.
jungleboy1234
NOOOOOOOOOOO…… Stray 2 and Blade Runner were both my two anticipated games of the decade. what now?!
>“This was one of the hardest decisions we have ever had to make and we did not take this action lightly.”
Here’s a list of games that were affected:
* Donut county * Gone Home (self published originally) * Edith Finch * The Outer Wilds * Neon White * Sayonara Wild Hearts * Stray * Thirsty Suitors * Maquette * The Artful Escape * 12 minutes * Kentucky Route Zero * Open Roads * The Pathless * Ashen * Cocoon * Journey (published by Sony originally) * The Unfinished Swan (published by Sony originally) * Flower (published by Sony originally)
b00tcamper
Damn, my wife loves their games on Gamepass.
Hopefully those devs can form their own studio and get back to making some really cool games, but without having a shit owner.
xiaolin99
they are just a publisher that doesn’t own any dev studio right? so no big loss?
ImBoJack
Sad, i feel like they had a unique place as a publisher
Dryhumpor
What Remains of Indy Gaming
ZS1664
Didn’t Remedy just jump ship from Epic to them? That’s crazy if the whole thing fell through like that.
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Holy shit, does this mean Stray 2 is dead?
So if I’m reading this right Annapurna Interactive ( the gaming division of Annapurna) staff quit because the owner of Annapurna as a whole wouldn’t let them go independent?
About time a dev team stood up. The industry overworks these souls till they burn their passion out. As a fledgeling dev I’ve seen how corpos treat them.
> Annapurna Interactive President Nathan Gary and his team had been negotiating with Ellison, the daughter of billionaire Larry Ellison
Oh for fuck’s sake, that damn Ellison family.
Larry Ellison, the father, is the bane of the open-source community.
Megan Ellison, the daughter, is so horrible that an entire division in her company would rather resign than work for her.
David Ellison, the son, will soon take over Paramount. Can’t wait to see how the entertainment industry handles that.
NOOOOOOOOOOO…… Stray 2 and Blade Runner were both my two anticipated games of the decade. what now?!
I’m so jealous
Official Statement:
[https://x.com/jasonschreier/status/1834358880790266184](https://x.com/jasonschreier/status/1834358880790266184)
>“This was one of the hardest decisions we have ever had to make and we did not take this action lightly.”
Here’s a list of games that were affected:
* Donut county
* Gone Home (self published originally)
* Edith Finch
* The Outer Wilds
* Neon White
* Sayonara Wild Hearts
* Stray
* Thirsty Suitors
* Maquette
* The Artful Escape
* 12 minutes
* Kentucky Route Zero
* Open Roads
* The Pathless
* Ashen
* Cocoon
* Journey (published by Sony originally)
* The Unfinished Swan (published by Sony originally)
* Flower (published by Sony originally)
Damn, my wife loves their games on Gamepass.
Hopefully those devs can form their own studio and get back to making some really cool games, but without having a shit owner.
they are just a publisher that doesn’t own any dev studio right? so no big loss?
Sad, i feel like they had a unique place as a publisher
What Remains of Indy Gaming
Didn’t Remedy just jump ship from Epic to them? That’s crazy if the whole thing fell through like that.
Nothing was lost.