Useless by Daylight spinoff Venture T has formally been canceled by writer Behaviour Interactive, and never solely that, however the sport’s improvement studio has additionally been shut down.
In a put up on X (previously Twitter), Behaviour says that following a playtest for Venture T in July, the studio “ran an intensive inner danger evaluation from a product and industrial perspective”.
Behaviour goes on to say that whereas gamers “expressed appreciation” for Venture T through the playtest, the end result of the studio’s “deep evaluation” finally yielded “unsatisfactory total outcomes”, resulting in the cancellation of Venture T.
Behaviour does not go into any extra element relating to why the outcomes of its playtest had been “unsatisfactory”, and since that form of info is more likely to keep throughout the studio, we’ll most likely solely discover out if a former developer speaks out sooner or later.
Sadly, we’re not more likely to be seeing something from the builders of their present state, as a result of based on a number of former Midwinter builders on LinkedIn, the studio has been closed down together with Venture T‘s cancellation.
One worker describes Midwinter’s closure as “abrupt”, probably indicating that staffers maybe weren’t warned in regards to the studio shutting down upfront, which might in flip counsel that Behaviour made the choice pretty abruptly.
In any case, Venture T, which was first totally unveiled only a few months in the past as a part of Useless by Daylight‘s eighth anniversary, isn’t any extra, and neither is Midwinter, sadly.
The sport wasn’t the one Useless by Daylight spinoff proven throughout that anniversary celebration; we additionally obtained to see a few of The Casting of Frank Stone, which has since been launched, in addition to cutesy-looking multiplayer spinoff What the Fog.
Useless by Daylight itself additionally stays lively, with two Castlevania characters not too long ago becoming a member of its roster and a 5 Nights at Freddy‘s collaboration ready within the wings as effectively.
Venture T‘s cancellation and Midwinter’s closure come in opposition to the backdrop of a brutal couple of years for the gaming business, with a number of studios being hit by layoffs, cancellations, and closures this yr. Keep tuned for extra on this.
