Electronic Arts has officially canceled the development of the sequel to its fantasy RPG, Veilguard, citing its failure to attract a wide audience and its lack of live-service features. The decision has led to layoffs and reassignments within the development team, effectively putting the Veilguard series on hold.
has been out for less than a year—less than half a year, even—and already, EA’s looking to wipe its hands of the game. The fantasy-RPG drew inwas confirmed ahead of release and the game was one of two sizable misses for its recent financial quarter, EAthe game’s team: some are working at other internal EA studios, others have been laid off entirely. As the fifthenters pre-production, the fantasy series is effectively on ice, not unlike its sibling franchise almost a decade ago.
release much sooner than it had. Starting out as a live-service project did it no favors, as those types of games have notoriously become timesinks. They’re also not what a studio like this is known for, hence longtime fans crying foul when co-op was introduced intowhich has since gained a reputation for what it could’ve been rather than what it was.
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