Sony purchased out Firewalk Studios in hopes that Harmony could possibly be the subsequent large factor for the studio, however the sport shut down after lower than two weeks. Now, after virtually 2 months of silence, Sony has shuttered the studio in an try and recoup their losses.
It isn’t clear simply how a lot cash Harmony misplaced Sony, however it positive didn’t make them something contemplating all purchases for the sport had been refunded when servers shut down. Studies vary from Harmony costing them anyplace between $200 million to $400 million {dollars} to make.
And, quite than making an attempt to rebuild Harmony or make a brand new sport with the identical studio of expertise, they’ve chosen to close down Firewalk Studios totally a yr and a half after buying them.
“Sure facets of Harmony had been distinctive, however others didn’t land with sufficient gamers, and because of this we took the sport offline. We’ve spent appreciable time these previous few months exploring all our choices,” as defined in an inner electronic mail from Herman Hulst, CEO of Sony Interactive Leisure Enterprise Studios.
Firewalk Studios“After a lot thought, now we have decided the perfect path ahead is to completely sundown the sport and shut the studio. I need to thank all of Firewalk for his or her craftsmanship, inventive spirit and dedication.”
Hulst confirmed that Harmony is useless and that the sport gained’t be returning in any means regardless of hypothesis that it’d be coming again. They’ve basically determined to chop their losses and transfer on.
Nonetheless, Hulst additionally claims that Sony goes to double down on their reside service method regardless of their lack of success in that market.
“The PvP first-person shooter style is a aggressive house that’s constantly evolving, and sadly, we didn’t hit our targets with this title. We are going to take the teachings discovered from Harmony and proceed to advance our reside service capabilities to ship future development on this space,” he mentioned.
Nonetheless, this electronic mail didn’t comprise any information on whether or not or not their episode in Secret Ranges was going to be canceled, that means that, as of now, we’ll be seeing it one final time within the Amazon present.
Firewalk Studios additionally mentioned that they’d be signing off “one final time” and left a message to those that performed the sport, saying that they’re happy with what they achieved regardless of how issues ended.