Rumour: Deviation Games' High Profile PS5 Exclusive Has Been Cancelled | Push Square
Developer Deviation Games' quietly struggling PS5 exclusive has reportedly been cancelled, according to industry insider and analyst Colin Moriarty and a source familiar with the project. Moriarty says he learned of the recent layoffs weeks in advance from the source and that the project has now been scrapped.
Moriarty revealed the news on the most recent episode of his Sacred Symbols podcast, starting around the 2:45:55 mark above (thanks, PlayStation LifeStyle). Last year, we brought you the news that Deviation co-founder Jason Blundell had left the studio and that PlayStation Studios' big dog Herman Hulst stopped by to kick the tyres on the mysterious project.
We'll file this as a Rumour until we hear official confirmation, but this isn't Moriarty's first rodeo, and the signs are all there. Let us know how this makes you feel in the comments section below.
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Not surprising but better to cut losses then have a Redfall situation.
If it was GAAS .....then it doesn't matter....
Wouldn’t surprise me. If you have like 8 teams all working on similar projects then you’ve basically put them up against each other with jobs and funding at risk.
GOOD, if it wasn't elite there is no room here for it.
No but seriously, thank God they didn't do anything stupid like keep paying and it ending up a disaster or even worst, buying the studio.
@AdamNovice only MS was ever going to see a “Redfall situation”. Sony has enough output to be able to shrug a bad game under
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