Firewalk and Sony ground Harmony, promise to ‘explore choices’ for enchancment

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Two weeks after launch, Firewalk Studios is taking its debut shooter Harmony offline on Friday, September 6.

Whereas acknowledging its high aspects, director Ryan Ellis admitted the PlayStation 5 and PC sport’s preliminary launch “didn’t land the formula we’d intended.”

Harmony launched on August 23, and its alleged underperformance has dominated conversation across the sport. On Steam, or now not it’s had low numbers since launch, and PlayStation hasn’t commented on its sales or player metrics.

Firewalk will “explore choices” to bolster Harmony so it finds a wiser audience. Contemporary gamers might possibly be refunded for their digital (on PlayStation Store, Steam, and Legend Video games Store) and physical purchases, then lose acquire admission to to the sport after September 6.

PlayStation’s dwell-carrier woes proceed

Since its camouflage, PlayStation positioned Harmony as a spacious dwell-carrier offering for 2024 alongside Helldivers II. Nonetheless within the previous 12 months, the author has pulled again somewhat on its dwell-carrier ambitions, and this marks one other roadblock to these plans.

Harmony’s death follows Playful Canines cancelling its dwell-carrier Final of Us project in slack 2023, which changed into going via alleged vogue disorders. Extra now not too long ago, this knowledge comes after the tumultuous saga of Future 2 developer Bungie.

Its finish furthermore undermines PlayStation’s PS5/PC launch strategy for dwell-carrier games. A simultaneous launch labored for Helldivers II, but Harmony’s failure to court an audience on Steam and EGS might possibly well name the formula into ask.

“Your strengthen and the passionate group that has grown across the sport has intended the arena to us,” wrote Ellis. “We’ll retain you updated and thanks again to the final Freegunners who luxuriate in joined us within the Harmony galaxy.”

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