Xbox‘s upcoming Good Darkish reboot is reportedly going through challenges, and is in “a really tough state.”
Talking on the Large Bombcast, journalist Jeff Grubb spoke in regards to the recreation within the wake of the closure of a number of Xbox studios on Tuesday.
“The fallout from that is, I’ve been listening to increasingly more, that Good Darkish is in a tough state, sounds prefer it’s in a really tough state.
“It doesn’t sound prefer it’s actually come collectively in any manner.”
VG247 journalist Alex Donaldson echoed this, describing it as “a group actually making an attempt exhausting to push a boulder up a steep hill.”
Online game historian Liam Robertson mentioned, “From what little I’ve heard in regards to the improvement of the brand new Good Darkish, it appears like a future video within the making. Only a huge, protracted mess.”
In June 2023, IGN reported that the reboot was “within the earliest levels” of improvement and was probably nonetheless 2-3 years away from launch.
Whereas the venture was introduced in 2020, nothing has been proven of it since following years of reported setbacks which have stalled improvement.
These anllegedly embrace a fraught co-development partnership with Sure Affinity, which labored on the sport between 2019 and 2021, and excessive attrition at The Initiative.
VGC reported in March 2022 that the Xbox studio had seen a “quick and livid” wave of senior departures over the earlier yr.
Microsoft advised employees on Tuesday that it was shutting 4 studios.
Arkane, Tango, Alpha Canine and Roundhouse Video games will all be closing down, with some employees becoming a member of different groups, in response to a memo despatched to employees.
