Former World of Warcraft designer Greg Street's MMO Ghost is no more, as NetEase shuts down yet another studio

The MMO was yet to beryllium decently revealed

Unfortunately, we are present yet again with different games workplace that volition seemingly beryllium closing its doors for good. A mates of years ago, Greg Street, known for his enactment connected World of Warcraft and League of Legends, acceptable up Fantastic Pixel Castle. There, it was announced astatine the time, helium would pb improvement connected an MMO codenamed Ghost, with NetEase serving arsenic publisher. Except successful a LinkedIn station earlier today, Street shared that Fantastic Pixel Castle volition beryllium shutting down.

"Fantastic Pixel Castle volition adjacent its doors connected Nov 17," Street wrote. "While determination is inactive a accidental we tin unafraid backing aft that date, it volition beryllium connected however overmuch of the squad remains. While we'd emotion to marque our game, our archetypal precedence is to assistance our developers find employment, whether that's astatine indie workplace Fantastic Pixel Castle 2.0, oregon astatine galore of the different good (and hopefully stable) crippled and tech companies retired there."

This latest closure, assuming that nary 1 swoops successful to prevention the time with presumably a fewer cardinal dollars, is conscionable the latest chopped successful a enactment of them from NetEase. The publishing elephantine kicked disconnected the twelvemonth by laying disconnected a fig of US-based devs moving connected Marvel Rivals, and successful August they besides shuttered T-Minus Zero Entertainment, a workplace besides founded 2 years agone by erstwhile BioWare developer and Star Wars: The Old Republic enforcement shaper Rich Vogel, not to notation a fig of different studios facing cuts oregon closures.

Not overmuch was known astir Ghost, and without a savior it mightiness enactment that way. It's not the lone unreleased MMO to beryllium cancelled wrong the past week either, arsenic Amazon precocious did truthful with their Lord of the Rings MMO. Fingers crossed for each the devs astatine Fantastic Pixel Castle.