Luminous Productions, the studio behind The store will close soon. His team will be brought back to parent company Square Enix and tasked with working on other projects. The publisher, which included the developers behind final Fantasy XV, in 2018 to work on new franchises, but the prophesied it was their only game as an independent studio.
In a statement, Luminous said that his team will return directly under the Square Enix umbrella starting May 1. In the meantime, the developers will continue to work on an update to address the prophesiedThe performance issues of , as well as an expansion that is scheduled to arrive this summer.
“When we established Luminous Productions in 2018, our vision was to make AAA games that meld technology and art to deliver completely new gaming experiences,” Luminous wrote on Twitter. “Having the opportunity to do just that has been a dream come true.”
In For its part, Square Enix said it is absorbing the Luminous team as “part of the company’s efforts to further bolster the competitive prowess of the group’s development studios, a goal set out in its current medium-term business strategy.” . He added that Luminous is “equipped not only with AAA title development capabilities, but also with technical expertise in areas such as game engine development. Combining the two entities will further enhance the Group’s ability to develop HD games.”
This isn’t the first time Square Enix has taken swift action against its studios after projects fell short of expectations. Last year, three Western studios: Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, and Square Enix Montréal, as well as franchises like Tomb Raider and Deus Ex to Embracer Group for a relatively small price of $300 million. The move came after the likes of marvel avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy (which didn’t sell well enough despite) didn’t .
the prophesied it is one of the highest profile games of the year to date. However, Square Enix released it in January at . It’s still unclear how well the game has performed commercially.
Steam data indicated that hifi fevera game of Ghostwire: Tokyo Tango Gameworks studio that was the same day, in its first week of launch on the platform. That is despite hifi fever is available on Game Pass and costs $30 compared to the $70 Square Enix charges for the prophesied. To be fair, the data only takes into account Steam sales for the same week, not pre-orders or purchases from Steam key sellers.
In any case, that’s not a great look for Luminous or the prophesied. Square Enix gobbling up the team means disappointing news for any fan of the prophesied They expected a sequel. Meanwhile, Luminous used a proprietary engine to create final fantasy xv and the prophesied. It’s also unclear what the future holds for Luminous Engine after the merger. Whatever happens, we hope the folks at Luminous don’t get stuck working at Square Enix.
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