Extremely OK Games has canceled its upcoming game Earthblade. A sequel to the team’s beloved indie sensation Celeste was announced in 2022 and is expected to be released last year. Maddy Thorson announced the news today on the studio’s website.
“Noel and I… began to reflect on how gaming felt like our day-to-day work and realized that we had been struggling with it for a long time,” she wrote. “Sure, working on one project for this long is bound to be a lot of work, but this feels like an even bigger problem. It put a lot of pressure on us to deliver something good, and that pressure is a big part of why we keep working.”It was exhausting. ”
The studio, led by Thorson and Noel Berry, parted ways with EXOK co-founder Pedro Medeiros in November. However, Thorson clarified in his message that rifts between team members were not the reason for Earthblade’s cancellation. In fact, all public conversations between the former colleagues so far have been friendly. In his post, Thorson expressed his unwavering support for Medeiros and his new game project Neverway, writing, “If you’re excited about Earthblade and angry about its cancellation, Pedro and The Neverway team is not the enemy, and anyone who treats them as such is not welcome.” In any EXOK community. ”
