Humanoid Origin can be shutting down. The three-year-old indie gaming studio, helmed by former BioWare GM and Mass Impact creator Casey Hudson, is the most recent casualty in a brutal stretch for recreation builders and different trade professionals.
Within the LinkedIn post saying the closure, Humanoid Origin mentioned its efforts to protect its group from the trade’s woes fell brief. “An surprising shortfall of funding left us unable to maintain operations,” the studio wrote.
Hudson fashioned the studio (then known as Humanoid Studios) in 2021 when trade hiring was selecting up steam after COVID lockdowns had lifted. He described the startup as a way “to unleash the inventive freedom of builders” by “bringing innovation and artistry to gamers by an all-new IP.” Its web site celebrated content material constructed round interactive worlds, characters and storytelling whereas embracing innovation “that feels magical.”
The next 12 months, the studio mentioned it was engaged on a multi-platform AAA recreation in “an all-new science-fiction universe.” IGN noted on Monday that Humanoid Origin was hiring as lately as Might of this 12 months.
“We’re heartbroken that we will be unable to deliver our new science-fiction universe to completion,” the studio wrote at this time. “Our foremost concern presently nevertheless is for our group, and we’re dedicated to supporting them of their transition to new employment.”
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