Windows Central: 'In addition to Project Mara, Ninja Theory's next game already greenlit. There are no plans whatsoever to close the studio' 🥓🧂🧂

voke

Veteran
10 Jan 2023
1,098
1,600
Sad how this is a headline. Honestly I dislike MS too but the discussion around this game is depressing. Bunch of people wishing the death of NT, just so their “Ms evil” narrative can be more accurate


Look Xbox is dogshit but NT has been a great studio for a long time, im hoping the best for them.
 

Polyh3dron

Veteran
31 Jan 2024
589
444
no plans whatsoever so far

3ua7gn.png
 

Systemshock2023

Veteran
8 May 2023
1,846
1,497
Hopefully their next game is more like enslaved odyssey to the west and less like this pretentious walking simulator. Maybe hell blade 2 has more game on it.
 
  • Like
Reactions: peter42O

Evilnemesis8

Veteran
19 Dec 2023
1,079
998
I mean Jez's hopium is understandable, especially considering recent happenings at xbox.
But while having a new project get greenlit past the very conceptual phase is just an argument against layoffs/shutdown, it's not really a huge protection against it.

Like other have mentioned in the past, if Insomniac can get hit by layoffs after shipping Spider-Man 2...
Anyone is a possible target of the suits.

At this point in time, unless there's a firm release date on a product and we're getting real close to that date(reviewers are saying they've got review copies). I just act as if any game is not real.
 
  • brain
Reactions: Gods&Monsters

Evilms

Graph Master
21 Jun 2022
1,190
2,504
Wait and see, because it's not the first time when M$ promises one thing and then does the opposite afterwards.

before

after
 

Evilnemesis8

Veteran
19 Dec 2023
1,079
998
That is the attitude I want....but my mind won't me have it. I need to work on that.

A few years ago I was already almost there, but the pandemic causing games to get delayed in a public manner for X months(sometimes by up to a year) and this is where I'm at.

Achieved Gaming Nirvana for real.

Honestly, I would not be surprised if certain studios that were not able to acclimate to work from home had some internal delays of over 2 years on their games.
For example, It is almost certain that some Japanese publishers/studios who live in their offices for sure were hit extremely hard. Their loss of efficiency month to month must've been absolutely ass for a long long time.
 
  • Heart
Reactions: KvallyX

Sircaw

Pro Flounder
Moderating
20 Jun 2022
5,897
10,330
London Studio also had a greenlit game and were actively hiring. Sony still shut them down.

I hope Ninja Theory doesn't get shut down though and can at least go independent like Toys For Bob did.
I saw someone link to the preorders for Hellblade the other day. If I recall, it was not doing well on the list.

I really hope they don't get shut down but this is Microsoft we are talking about.

crazy cuckoo GIF
 
  • sad
Reactions: JAHGamer

peter42O

Veteran
Icon Extra
12 Jan 2024
545
537
Personally, if it was up to me and this is true, I would have Ninja Theory in video form with the studio head saying that Microsoft has green lit their next project during the Xbox Games Showcase Extended which is two days after the main showcase. This would boost morale and confidence for those working there and if the game some how gets cancelled down the line or the studio is closed, this would bring even more heat on Microsoft due to announcing that their next project was green lit. Of course, this is just what I do if it was up to me.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Jim Ryan

Maverick

Active member
1 Sep 2023
122
136
Well how can we believe them after Arkane Austin and Tango?

I hope Ninja Theory goes independent and works with Sony again.
 

Yobo

Veteran
Icon Extra
29 Jun 2022
1,668
2,413
Xbox fans best hope that they retain exclusives is that MS shut down the studio before they get out a PS5 port
 

Gods&Monsters

Veteran
Icon Extra
21 Jun 2022
4,651
9,534
Another shitshow release from Xbox 🤦‍♂️

A bunch of sad people are buying this game (even if they have no interest) because of the big astroturfing "Save Ninja Theory" campaign. It was number 235+ last week and now number 27. By the weekend nobody will remember this "game" and it will be outside the top 50 where it belongs.

The CEO already left. Close them MS and put them out of their misery.
 
  • haha
Reactions: Infinity