Hero's Song kansellert

Hero's Song skulle bli debutspillet til utvikler Pixelmage Games, men nå har det blitt kansellert. I dragsuget forsvinner også utvikleren, og det skal skyldes dårlig salg etter lanseringen på Early Access i november.

Det var den tidligere sjefen for Sony Online Entertainment/Daybreak Games, John Smedley, som ledet arbeidet, men de nådde altså ikke et stort nok publikum. I en melding på studioets hjemmeside kan vi lese om kanselleringen, nedleggelsen og tilbakebetalingene til spillerne:

It's with a heavy heart that I have to report that Pixelmage Games is going to be shutting down and we have ceased development on Hero's Song. For the last year, our team has worked tirelessly to make the game we've dreamed about making, and with your support, and the support of our investors, we were able to get the game into Early Access. Unfortunately sales fell short of what we needed to continue development. We knew going in that most startups don't make it, and as an indie game studio we hoped we would be the exception to that rule, but as it turned out we weren't.

We sincerely value our customers. You're our most important focus and have been from day one. We're going to offer 100% refunds to all of the people who bought Hero's Song.

Thank you for all the support you showed us. We're sorry things worked out the way they did, but we feel strongly that we gave it our all and we're proud of how far we came with the game. The fact that we weren't able to finish the game is painful, but the journey of making Hero's Song has been a great experience for us and we're just sorry we couldn't take it all the way.

Det har vært mange motbakker for Smedley og Pixelmage, og det begynte med at Kickstarter-kampanjen deres ikke nådde målet. Spillet bli likevel finansiert av en privat investor, men det hjalp ikke i det lange løp.