Extremely OK Games has canceled its upcoming game Earthblade. The follow-up to the team’s popular indie sensation Celeste Was in 2022 and is expected to be released last year. Maddy Thorson announced the news on the studio’s website today.
“Noel and I … started thinking about how the game felt to us that we work on day in and day out and realized it had been a struggle for a long time,” she said wrote. “Sure, working on a project for so long is bound to become a grind, but this feels like a deeper problem.” CelesteThe success of put pressure on us to deliver something bigger and better Earthbladeand that pressure is one of the reasons why working on it has become so strenuous.”
The studio, led by Thorson and Noel Berry, parted ways with EXOK co-founder Pedro Medeiros in November. However, Thorson made it clear in her message that the rift between team members was not the reason for the cancellation Earthblade. In fact, all public conversations between the former colleagues have been friendly so far. Thorson offered solid support to Medeiros and his new game project Absolutely not in her post: “If you were excited Earthblade and angry about the cancellation, Pedro and the Absolutely not Team are not the enemy and anyone who treats them as such is not welcome in any EXOK community.
