Extraordinarily OK Video games has cance...

Extraordinarily OK Video games has cancelled its upcoming recreation Earthblade. The followup to the group’s beloved indie sensation Celeste was in 2022 and anticipated to launch final yr. Maddy Thorson introduced the information on the studio’s web site right this moment.

“Noel and I…started to replicate on how the sport has felt for us to work on day-to-day, and realized that it has been a battle for a very long time,” she wrote. “Certain, engaged on one venture for therefore lengthy is certain to turn into a slog, however this looks like a deeper drawback. Celeste‘s success utilized stress on us to ship one thing greater and higher with Earthblade, and that stress is a big a part of why engaged on it has turn into so exhausting.”

The studio, led by Thorson and Noel Berry, parted methods with EXOK co-founder Pedro Medeiros in November. Nevertheless, Thorson was clear in her message that the rift between group members was not the explanation for cancelling Earthblade. The truth is, the entire public dialog between the previous colleagues so far has remained amicable. Thorson provided agency help for Medeiros and his new recreation venture Neverway in her put up: “Should you had been enthusiastic about Earthblade and offended about its cancelling, Pedro and the Neverway group aren’t the enemy and anybody who treats them as such is not welcome in any EXOK group.”