Elex 3 potentially cancelled. PB Studio might be getting closed down

[Gamernyc78]

Via reddit so not confirmed..

• WIKI6 was (most likely) Elex 3. The project has been removed from the german govermant funding / support page. Sum of funding was ~3 Million Euro.
  • https://www.bmwk.de/Navigation/DE/Service/Games-Projekte/games-projekte.html
• PB Homepage is semi-down.
  • https://www.piranha-bytes.com/
• No youtube videos on the officiall PB Channel since November
  • Channel was fairly active before
• Embracer / THQ Nordic is shutting down studios left and right

Further "sources" / speculation threads and posts:

• https://forum.worldofplayers.de/forum/threads/1618146-Wie-steht-es-um-PB
• https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/piranha-bytes-sorge-um-gothic-und-elex-entwickler,3406891.html
• https://www.golem.de/news/aus-fuer-...e-vor-der-schliessung-stehen-2401-181260.html

 

[Shadow2027]

Shame. I really enjoyed the first 1 but something about Elex 2 caused me to drop after 15 hours

 

[Gamernyc78]

Shame. I really enjoyed the first 1 but something about Elex 2 caused me to drop after 15 hours

Never played an Elex game.

 

[Zzero]

If PB bites the dust l'll be livid. They were secretly one of the crown jewels in THQN's crown. At this point its just them, Alkima (who work closely with them) and Gunfire Games. The rest of that division is just crap.