Is MMORPG 'Ashes of Creation' getting cancelled? Future uncertain after mass layoffs, studio head resignation

The developer of the highly anticipated MMORPG game Ashes of Creation, Interpid studios annoucned tthat its is laying off employees from its 250-member team.

Studio head Steven Sharif took to Reddit to address the layoffs and his own resignation. In the post, he said that he “chose to resign in protest rather than lend my name or authority to decisions I could not ethically supprit” he aslso said that much of the senior leadership resigned following his resignation.

The board of the company then reportedly proceeded with a mass layoff.

Sharif said that he was “incredibly dismayed at the situation” and that the “developers and staff, who acted in good faith, deserved better than the uncertainty they are now facing.”

Ashes of Creation was an upcoming sandbox massively multiplayer online role-playing game, or MMORPG, which allows for a large number of online players and interaction.

The games gained recognition and support with a Kickstarter campaign, a crowdfunding platform. The games had been in development for 10 years since the campaign was started in 2017.

When the campaign was launched, the developers raised ober $750,000 in under 12 hours and eventually raised over $3million.