EA's magic-based FPS Immortals of Aveum always seems to be tied up in some sort of drama, and this week is no different, unfortunately. According to a developer who worked on the title before moving onto a different job, Ascendant Studios has "furloughed the majority of their staff" in 2024.
The developer posted about the news on LinkedIn, where they also predicted that this 'majority' of staff could be around 30 workers or so. Nicole Carpenter, a senior reporter at outlet Polygon, has also corroborated the news - without being able to confirm exact numbers.
Just weeks after Immortals of Aveum first came to Xbox last summer, the team officially laid off roughly 45% of its staff to "adjust" after shipping the game. At the moment this furlough news hasn't been confirmed by the team, but if true, it could spell trouble for the studio and its future.
Having said that, it was only back in February that studio founder Bret Robbins made the bold claim that "the story of Immortals isn't written yet", so it looks like we'll have to wait and see how all of this plays out in the coming months.
Would you like to see an Immortals sequel? Tell us what you make of this reported news down below.
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Sad news, I bought Immortals on the 90% off deal for the deluxe edition, and now I've played it I'd have probably paid more than 8 quid for it.
The issue was a brand new IP at 70 quid was a risk - it probably needed a demo / free trial at a minimum, and preferably a cheaper starting price rather than spending hundreds of millions on marketing that wouldn't move the needle with it being such an unknown.
It's a bit of a mix of Immortals: Fenyx Rising and a classic non-open world game like Gears or even Halo - fun, cool powers and lots of secrets to find.
Overall been quite enjoying it
The studio will be closed down soon can't see EA supporting it when it's lost millions. They won't even make the Dead Space 2 remake after the last one did well.
Immortals simply wasn't good guaranteed like me many people just waiting for it to go on Game Pass. It's very competitive many games will fail.
@Widey85 I got it at the same time .,...but still haven't got round to play it
Worst UE5 game on Xbox Series S so far (tiny internal res, bad coding/no optimization, Blurry/ugly, made unenjoyable ) Tried to get a refund but couldn't
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