Hold on, I just thought about this...
So the game was officially revealed back in September 2018 (with some minor talk prior to this).
Baba left Square last couple months...
Then Square Enix just removes all references to the studio and website...
...What even happened!? That's such a short amount of time for all this to just fall apart.
My guess is SE trying to consolidate. Baba and Tabata both leaving within a month of each other with their projects being cancelled probably isn't a coincidence.Hold on, I just thought about this...
So the game was officially revealed back in September 2018 (with some minor talk prior to this).
Baba left Square last couple months...
Then Square Enix just removes all references to the studio and website...
...What even happened!? That's such a short amount of time for all this to just fall apart.
As I said at the time I just hope Asano gets to continue his stuff.My guess is SE trying to consolidate. Baba and Tabata both leaving within a month of each other with their projects being cancelled probably isn't a coincidence.
Perhaps it was already on shaky ground and the reception to the announcement was tepid enough to convince them to kill it?
As I said at the time I just hope Asano gets to continue his stuff.
I also wonder if they did actually kill the MIA Babylon's Fall?
What even was this though? What platform? Switch? Looks mobile, which isn't a bad thing, since I like mobile.
What even was this though? What platform? Switch? Looks mobile, which isn't a bad thing, since I like mobile.
It's also (slimly) possible they're taking all the media and info down for a rebranding. But I wouldn't hold our collective breath.
I don't think the trailer reception had anything to do with it, what do they expect out of a trailer with one guy running on nondescript landscape?
Babylon's Fall was supposed to release THIS year. So doubtful. Maybe it got pushed to early 2020.
Asano should be fine. Bravely and Octopath both did well, and he wants his studio to generate a game a year--four IPs coming out on a cycle.
I'm not sure there's any reason to believe that SE's restructuring is putting Asano at risk. It probably just folded him back into the DQ division.Well if they're consolidating and want to concentrate on their AAA bread and butter the team making mid-tier games for Nintendo platforms would be the first to go.
Tabata's project wasn't cancelled, though. If you're talking about the new next-gen game that the Luminous studio is making. It's still coming.My guess is SE trying to consolidate. Baba and Tabata both leaving within a month of each other with their projects being cancelled probably isn't a coincidence.
Same. If it's really dead that's a shame.Sad, I loved the style and was hoping this was gonna be SE's high budget version of Tales. RIP
Yeah that's all I remember about this: EZA riffing on the silly walk cycles.
It honestly does look mobile to me, maybe it's just the pixelated .gif. Have you seen recent mobile games done in UE 4? Overhit, for example?
The studio was announced in February 2017, and then the reveal in 2018 came along with a bunch of job postings for working on it. Afterwards, there were a bunch of Square folks like Kitase and Nomura talking about how difficult it was to source local developers in the current climate. Like I assumed above, I just kind of expect they had trouble getting a sizable and experienced enough team together, and the whole thing was moving too slowly.Hold on, I just thought about this...
So the game was officially revealed back in September 2018 (with some minor talk prior to this).
Baba left Square last couple months...
Then Square Enix just removes all references to the studio and website...
...What even happened!? That's such a short amount of time for all this to just fall apart.
I really hope Asano's Team is safe, I mean Octopath was a little hit right?
This. The writing was on the wall.
I really hope Asano's Team is safe, I mean Octopath was a little hit right?
Also what about Tokyo RPG Factory?
Their games were never that good but the last one looked promising as it was an action RPG.