The
majority
of
the
Annapurna
Interactive
team
have
walked
out
after
talks
with
its
parent
company
had
collapsed.
The
publisher
formed
in
2016
as
a
division
of
Megan
Ellison’s
Annapurna
Pictures,
and
has
had
a
few
hit
releases,
including
Stray,
What
Remains
of
Edith
Finch
and
the
Outer
Wilds.
However,
with
Annapurna
Pictures
shifting
its
strategy
around
games,
the
Interactive
team
was
looking
to
spin
the
publisher
out
as
an
independent
business.
According
to
Bloomberg,
the
negotiations
were
being
led
by
Interactive
head
Nathan
Gary.
However,
both
parties
had
failed
to
reach
an
agreement,
causing
the
heads
of
Annapurna
Interactive
and
‘two
dozen
other
staff’
to
walk
out,
Bloomberg
reports.
Annapurna
Interactive
was
planning
to
publish
over
a
dozen
indie
games
over
the
next
two
years,
including
a
title
in
the
Silent
Hill
franchise.
The
firm
told
Bloomberg
that
it
will
continue
to
support
these
titles
and
continue
to
expand
in
video
games,
although
it
will
now
need
to
replace
its
lost
employees
or
outsource
some
of
the
functions,
which
includes
marketing,
localisation,
QA,
PR
and
platform
relations.
Annapurna
has
been
looking
to
more
closely
integrate
games
with
its
TV
and
film
side.
It
rehired
Hector
Sanchez
from
Epic
Games,
who
was
one
of
the
founders
of
Annapurna
Interactive,
as
president
of
interactive
and
new
media.
The
firm
has
also
just
signed
a
deal
with
Finnish
game
developer
Remedy
over
the
TV
and
movie
rights
to
the
Control
and
Alan
Wake
series,
which
included
co-financing
the
upcoming
Control
video
games.
