Tag: Moon Studios
News Moon Studios Hopes Fans Get Why It 'Won't Be Making Ori 3 Anytime Soon'
"This is our Magnum Opus"
In and around the launch of its next big game No Rest for the Wicked, developer Moon Studios has been talking plenty about its popular Xbox series Ori - and why it likely won't return to the IP anytime soon. This weekend, the team has added further context behind this; claiming that it'll
News Digital Foundry Impressed By 'Stunning Visual Design' In Ori Dev's New Game
Are we surprised?
Since wrapping up development on Ori and the Will of the Wisps back in 2020, Moon Studios has been hard at work on its action RPG No Rest for the Wicked, and tech outlet Digital Foundry has decided to take a look at th
News Ori Dev Explains Why It Decided Against Third Entry In The Franchise, For Now
"I think were were pretty happy with where it left off"
Ori developer Moon Studios has talked about its future in a new interview with Game Informer - a future that's laser-focused on No Rest for the Wicked at the moment. A third Ori game has been discussed though, and while the te
News Ori Dev Expects To Do 'Exciting Things In Future' With Team Xbox
"I 100% believe in where Phil is heading!"
Moon Studios' creative director Thomas Mahler is a fairly active fellow on social media at the moment, and after making some interesting comments about the 'console wars' last week, the Ori developer has voiced his support of Xbox in recent days - hinting that Moon Studios is likely to work with Team Green...
News Ori Developer's Next Game Will Attempt To 'Revolutionise' The ARPG Genre
"Diablo, PoE, etc.: We're coming for you"
Moon Studios creative director Thomas Mahler has speaking a bit about the plans for the Ori studio's next game on Twitter today, revealing that it will take the form of a "top-down" ARPG with major aspirations. In his message, Mahler explained that the game will serve as a "make-or-break moment" for the...
News Report Describes 'Toxic, Oppressive' Work Culture At Ori Studio
"Microsoft is well aware of what this company is like..."
Oh boy, here we go. You may have seen over the weekend that a report from GamesBeat described Ori developer Moon Studios as fostering an "oppressive" workplace, and that report has been getting a lot of attention ever since. It's a very lengthy article, but to sum it up, interviews with...
News Ori Director Reveals Why His Next Game Won't Be Published By Xbox
"It has a grand vision..."
The CEO of Moon Studios, Thomas Mahler, has opened up about why he's decided not to partner with Xbox Game Studios for the developer's next title (non-Ori related), which has previously been described as "an RPG that dares to innovate and go far beyond what the genre has offered players thus far.” Responding to
News Ori Developer Signs Publishing Deal For New Action-RPG
Joins forces with Private Division
Take-Two has announced that Moon Studios - famous for creating the Ori series of games - is working on a brand-new action-RPG to be published by its Private Division label (thanks GamesIndustry.biz). The company says that the game is in early development and isn't expected to launch for at least a couple of years,...
News Ori Developer Moon Studios Teases Its Next Game Is About Humans
Is it an RPG?
Austrian game developer Moon Studios has gone from strength-to-strength in recent years, releasing the critically-acclaimed Ori and the Blind Forest back in 2015, followed by the equally fantastic Ori and the Will of the Wisps earlier this year. For its next game however, it's teasing something completely different. In an interview...
News The Long-Awaited Patch For Ori And The Will Of The Wisps Is Now Live
Improves performance and fixes plenty of bugs
As you might have heard, Ori and the Will of the Wisps has been experiencing performance issues since its arrival on Xbox One and Windows platforms last month. Moon Studios – for some time now – has been working on a patch and more recently outlined what it woul
News Moon Studios Confident Upcoming Patch For Ori "Will Solve A Large Number Of Issues"
"thank you for your patience and understanding"
Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a platforming masterpiece, but has admittedly experienced some serious performance issues since its arrival on Xbox One and Windows platforms last month. Even in our own review here on Pure Xbox, we said it suffered from stuttering, hitching, graphical anomalies and...
Review Ori and the Blind Forest (Xbox One)
An unforgettable journey
Some people are bothered by the term Metroidvania, which we’ve never really understood. We’re fully aware that it’s an unnecessary subgenre classification that derives its name from two of the industry’s most respected franchises, Metroid and Castlevania, but we're quite alright with that. For those of you unfamiliar...
