Firewatch team’s next game ‘on hold’ as it works on other Valve projects
Campo Santo team is working on Half-Life: Alyx, Dota Underlords, and other projects for now
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Bummerrrr
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In the Valley of Gods (Campo Santo's next game) is officially on-hold
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Bummerrrr
Not a surprise after the devs updated a lot of their social media profiles to remove references to the game. What a shame.
I agree.
Having your name in the credits of one of the biggest PC series ever is a big asset compared to a small indie title.
Unsurprising, once they became a part of Valve, they are free to work on whatever they deem most important/the best use of their time. If it's meant to be, the team will resume working on it.
People on the team got interested in working on other things, valve didnt direct them to do so
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It amuses me that people thought this wouldn't happen back when they bought them.
Mmmmm, delicious PR
Suspected as such, it's a shame. But I'm already waiting for Alan Wake 2, so I can easily wait for this.
James Benson definitely animating Alyx, right? His work on Firewatch and Ori was great.
James Benson definitely animating Alyx, right? His work on Firewatch and Ori was great.
I would not honestly, but it's always sad to see a promising studio ending assimilated by the questionable Valve publishing strategy
Well, if Valve are the ones who have to green light it, at this point, it's probably never happening, but you couldn't ask to have a more talented team working on Half Life Alyx, so I guess it's not the worst possible scenario.
Godamnit. I hope the team revisits it at some point.
As other users have said, I can see the appeal of working on Half-Life. It was great to see some HL art from Claire Hummel recently.
As other users have said, I can see the appeal of working on Half-Life. It was great to see some HL art from Claire Hummel recently.
If they're being 100% honest and the reason is simply that a majority of devs that were involved in this would rather work on something else right now, I'm honestly happy for them.
I mean, I get it.
I've kinda hoped they would work on Half Life games and actually get Episode 3 out the door. But . . . I'm not going to lie. I didn't want them to do this until after In the Valley of Gods shipped.
I've kinda hoped they would work on Half Life games and actually get Episode 3 out the door. But . . . I'm not going to lie. I didn't want them to do this until after In the Valley of Gods shipped.
I would guess this was the choice of Camp Santo. This is an amazing opportunity.
Man if Half Life Alyx releases and they keep them on some crummy Valve games that would be awful. Let the studio you bought make quality games.
Sure, if you also ignore the numeroua people whove worked at valve and said as much
Or they were pressured to because that's how Valve's corporate culture works. You either hang with the cool kids or you're out on your ass.
Honestly, I'm pleased with this news. I was already interested in Half-Life: Alyx, but knowing the talent from Campo is assisting on the game makes me more excited for it. In The Valley of Gods didn't really jump out to me, other than having really nice art direction.
Really excited to see how Alyx turns out.
Really excited to see how Alyx turns out.
Take it as you want, but this is literally how we know development operates in Valve — for better or worse, as disgruntled former employees have voiced.