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Harmony sport director Ryan Ellis has stepped down following the choice to take the sport offline, in keeping with Kotaku. Builders at Harmony developer Firewalk Studios are additionally unsure of the way forward for the studio.
Ellis, whose resume additionally contains greater than seven years at Bungie, knowledgeable employees of the change in position final week, Kotaku experiences. (His LinkedIn nonetheless lists his title as “Recreation Director.”) Ellis additionally authored the PlayStation Weblog publish saying Harmony’s shutdown.
That publish mentioned the Firewalk staff could be exploring choices for what to do subsequent with Harmony, however Kotaku experiences that some builders have “been requested to discover pitches for one thing fully totally different.” Some Firewalk builders are apparently refreshing their portfolios in anticipation of potential layoffs, and some have left already, Kotaku says.
Sony didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The corporate has had some struggles with its dwell service efforts. Future 2 developer Bungie introduced in July that it might be shedding 220 Bungie workers and shifting others to PlayStation. Late final 12 months, Naughty Canine canceled its deliberate multiplayer sport based mostly on The Final of Us.
