The Death of a Game Studio
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0:00 - Phoenix Labs and the Gaming Industry
2:02 - Dauntless
4:15 - Dauntless: Awakening Update
9:07 - Project Dragon/Everhaven
11:00 - Why is all of this happening?
13:19 - A Not-So-Happy Ending
#dauntless #gamingindustry #monsterhunter
Sources
https://phxlabs.ca/spotlight/introducing-the-new-phoenix-labs/
https://massivelyop.com/2024/10/22/so-now-we-know-dauntless-dev-phoenix-labs-was-bought-out-by-a-blockchain-company-last-year/#:~:text=Phoenix Labs had been owned,it or for how much.
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/action/where-did-all-the-content-go-monster-hunter-rival-dauntless-debuts-to-overwhelmingly-negative-steam-reviews-as-players-rip-into-the-action-rpgs-overhaul/
https://simulationdaily.com/news/phoenix-labs-everhaven-was-ready-early-access/
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/phoenix-labs-lays-off-staff-cancels-games-studio-fate-unknown
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/what-happens-when-a-secretive-blockchain-company-buys-your-game-studio
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/ex-phoenix-labs-devs-reveal-now-scrapped-project-dragon-game
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/phoenix-labs-lessons-learned-from-league-of-legends
• Project Dragon
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/league-of-legends-vets-form-phoenix-labs
https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/9/22319124/microsoft-bethesda-acquisition-complete-finalized
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/tango-gameworks-developer-documents-the-studio-s-final-day
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/survey-finds-more-than-half-of-game-developers-experience-crunch
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/11/09/sony-acknowledges-explains-concords-failure-and-future-changes/
https://www.nicholaskole.art/projectdragon
https://www.dexerto.com/league-of-legends/league-of-legends-adds-another-genshin-impact-style-gacha-mechanic-2953321/
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-i-dauntless-i-dev-phoenix-labs-acquired-by-singaporean-game-company-garena
https://www.artstation.com/airbornstudios
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