Harmony’s disastrous launch reportedly results in its director’s self-demotion

The ripples from Harmony’s seismic implosion are nonetheless fanning out since Sony determined to take the sport offline earlier this month. Now, the sport’s director has reportedly determined to bow out gracefully. reported that recreation director Ryan Ellis of Firewalk Studios instructed workers members that he’s stepping down from his place. Ellis, who cofounded Firewalk after a stint because the artistic director of Future 2, will stay with the studio however solely in a assist function.

In the meantime, the workers at Firewalk are nonetheless ready to listen to what Sony plans to do with their underperforming recreation. Simply two weeks after Harmony’s launch, on September 6 and issued refunds to everybody who purchased the sport for the PlayStation 5 or PC from Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer. Sony mentioned in a press release that it pulled the sport with the intention to “discover choices, together with these that can higher attain our gamers.” Naturally, Kotaku stories that plenty of Firewalk’s staffers are fearful concerning the standing of their jobs within the wake of Harmony’s disappointing launch.

The extraordinarily poor gross sales of Harmony make it one of many greatest bombs in trade historical past. Analysts estimate that it solely offered 25,000 copies on Steam and for PS5 in its first six days.