Annapurna's Entire Gaming Team Has Resigned

[Dead2009]

Annapurna's Entire Gaming Team Has Resigned - IGN

Annapurna Interactive's entire gaming staff has resigned from the company following a leadership dispute, IGN can corroborate.

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Annapurna Interactive's entire gaming staff has resigned from the company following a leadership dispute, according to a Bloomberg report.

The report, which IGN can confirm based on conversations with our own sources…

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[SHR-51]

Whoa, what the hell? That came out of nowhere.

 

[Colif]

looks at games list

Annapurna Interactive

Annapurna Interactive works with game creators from around the world, helping them create and release personal experiences for everyone.

annapurnainteractive.com

doesn't see any he plays... goes back to sleep.

 

[ElvenNeko]

looks at games list

Annapurna Interactive

Annapurna Interactive works with game creators from around the world, helping them create and release personal experiences for everyone.

annapurnainteractive.com

doesn't see any he plays... goes back to sleep.

They were publisher, not developer, if i remember correctly.

 

[Colif]

So their entire gaming staff may have been the people that interacted with the devs - I didn't look into story myself. Just guessing.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Annapurna throws a lot of darts at the wall. A lot of their games have been pretty well regarded, seemed to be a good system for them.

Sounds like management pulled some sort of seriously dick move here. Hope it doesnt affect Remedy and other devs under them too much.

 

[Johnway]

Interested to know what happened. The juicy details as to what leads to an entire company to just implode and everyone resigning.

 

[Brian Boru]

They were publisher, not developer, if i remember correctly.

Right, they never developed a game—had a Blade Runner in the works apparently, along with the studio which owns the BR IP, which would've been their first dev.

Annapurna throws a lot of darts at the wall

Right, which mirrors the parent company which is mainly a visual entertainment company—film, TV, animation, theater—owned by Larry Ellison's daughter. Games is their newest venture, and the company they're collaborating with on BR are also mainly a Hollywood outfit.

 

[Zloth]

doesn't see any he plays... goes back to sleep.

A good thing you didn't click More at the bottom, you might have lost sleep:

Annapurna Interactive

Annapurna Interactive works with game creators from around the world, helping them create and release personal experiences for everyone.

annapurnainteractive.com

Also, Outer Wilds and Stray. Not a good thing at all... unless they all just band together and create Annapurna 2.0.

 

[Colif]

A good thing you didn't click More at the bottom, you might have lost sleep:

So they represented the makers of Journey. That was released over 12 years ago. The last game made by the makers of Journey didn't really appeal to me so I won't lose sleep over it.

 

[SHR-51]

I'm just worried about Remedy and Control 2, if I'm being entirely honest.

 

[Pifanjr]

I'm just worried about Remedy and Control 2, if I'm being entirely honest.

Control 2 isn't affected by the collapse of Annapurna Interactive because the deal was signed by the other Annapurna

A Remedy spokesperson confirmed that its partnership is still in place.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[SHR-51]

Control 2 isn't affected by the collapse of Annapurna Interactive because the deal was signed by the other Annapurna

A Remedy spokesperson confirmed that its partnership is still in place.

www.pcgamer.com

Thank you! I hadn't seen that.

 

[Zimbaly]

Man the gaming industry is a real dumpster fire nowadays. I bet some of my buds are so happy they got out of that biz. Just a shame for everyone else still in it. Hope they all land on their feet.

 

[Zloth]

So they represented the makers of Journey. That was released over 12 years ago. The last game made by the makers of Journey didn't really appeal to me so I won't lose sleep over it.

Well, I'm not comfortable with Outer Wilds losing its publisher!

 

[ZedClampet]

It takes no small amount of talent to pick which games to publish, how to manage the studio during development and how to market the game. Annapurna was very successful, which is why, I suspect, talks to sell the company to the employees stalled.

Apparently, the people who own Annapurna are filthy rich, though, so they are probably already hiring new people, and the people who left no doubt are in phase 2 of their plan to form their own company.

So apparently no one was harmed in this incident.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

It takes no small amount of talent to pick which games to publish, how to manage the studio during development and how to market the game. Annapurna was very successful, which is why, I suspect, talks to sell the company to the employees stalled.

Apparently, the people who own Annapurna are filthy rich, though, so they are probably already hiring new people, and the people who left no doubt are in phase 2 of their plan to form their own company.

So apparently no one was harmed in this incident.

I was assuming all of the people who performed the duties you mentioned for Annapurna just left the building all at the same time though?