Control 2, Wanderstop and Mixtape among projects unaffected by Annapurna collapse
Developers
with
upcoming
projects
due
to
be
published
by
Annapurna
Interactive
have
reacted
to
the
news
of
its
collapse,
most
of
them
to
say
their
project
is
currently
unaffected
by
the
situation.
Remedy’s
communications
director
Thomas
Puha
reacted
on
social
media
yesterday,
to
clarify
that
the
Finnish
studio’s
deal
for
Control
2
and
its
TV
projects
were
with
Annapurna
Pictures
and
not
the
firm’s
video
games
branch,
seemingly
meaning
they
are
unaffected.
The
studio
is
self-publishing
Control
2,
with
Annapurna’s
involvement
purely
on
the
funding
side
here.
Elsewhere,
The
Stanley
Parable
developer
Davey
Wreden
confirmed
that
his
next
project
with
new
studio
Ivy
Road,
Wanderstop,
is
also
not
impacted.
“Just
for
the
folks
asking,
we
are
100%
okay,”
he
tweeted.
“Nothing’s
gonna
stop
us
from
getting
Wanderstop
out
the
door
very
soon.”
The
title
was
revealed
earlier
this
year
during
the
2024
edition
of
the
summer
games
showcases.
Meanwhile,
The
Artful
Escape
studio
Beethoven
&
Dinosaur,
which
also
unveiled
latest
project
Mixtape
this
summer,
simply
posted:
“Appreciate
all
those
who
reached
out.
Mixtape
continues.”
Matt
Newell,
the
developer
behind
the
upcoming
Annapurna-published
Lushfoil
Photography
Sim,
posted
a
cautious
statement
saying
that
they
“can
assume
at
this
stage
that
Lushfoil
Photography
Sim
will
be
unaffected,
given
that
the
game
itself
is
mostly
complete.”
They
added
that
they
would
keep
their
community
updated,
continuing:
“But
this
news
is
definitely
a
loss,
the
Annapurna
Interactive
team
were
great
to
work
with
and
gave
the
project
a
lot
of
love.”
It’s
unclear
at
this
stage
what
will
happen
to
Blade
Runner
2033:
Labyrinth,
which
was
being
developed
internally
by
Annapurna
Interactive
–
a
first
for
the
company.
The
majority
of
the
publisher’s
team
resigned
yesterday
after
talks
with
its
parent
company
over
its
independence
collapsed.
Bloomberg
sources
told
the
publication
that
Annapurna
president
of
interactive
and
new
media
Hector
Sanchez
said
to
developers
that
the
company
would
honour
its
existing
contracts.
In
addition
to
the
titles
listed
above,
eight
more
upcoming
projects
are
due
to
be
published
by
Annapurna:
Blendo
Games’
Skin
Deep,
Dinogod’s
Bounty
Star,
Furcula’s
Morsels,
Glass
Revolver’s
We
Kill
Monsters,
Great
Ape
Games’
The
Lost
Wild,
Messhof’s
Ghost
Bike,
Third
Shift’s
Forever
Ago,
and
Uvula’s
To
a
T.
