Extremely OK Games has canceled its next game Earthblade. The sequel to the team’s beloved indie sensation Celestial was in 2022 and is expected to be released last year. Maddy Thorson announced the news today on the studio’s website.
“Noel and I…started thinking about how the game felt for us on a daily basis and we realized it had been a struggle for a long time,” she said. wrote. “Of course, working on a project for that long is bound to become a chore, but that seems to be a deeper problem. CelestialThe success of has put pressure on us to deliver something bigger and better with Earth bladeand that pressure is a big part of why working there has become so exhausting.
The studio, led by Thorson and Noel Berry, parted ways with EXOK co-founder Pedro Medeiros in November. However, Thorson made it clear in his post that the rift between the team members was not the reason for the cancellation. Earth blade. In fact, so far, all public conversations between the former colleagues have remained friendly. Thorson offered strong support for Medeiros and his new gaming project Never in his message: “If you were excited about Earth blade and angry at its cancellation, Pedro and the Never The team is not the enemy and anyone who treats them as such is not welcome in any EXOK community. »
