Concord game director Ryan Ellis has reportedly stepped down after the beleaguered 5v5 shooter was yanked offline amid apparently disastrous sales, with staff at developer Firewalk Studios said to be in limbo while they await Sony’s decision on the future of the game.
Concord was removed from sale earlier this month, just two weeks after its launch on PS5 and PC, with Sony offering full refunds to players. In a statement released at the time, Ellis wrote, “While many qualities of the experience resonated with players, we also recognise that other aspects of the game and our initial launch didn’t land the way we’d intended.”
Ellis added that Firewalk would “explore options” and “determine the best path ahead” once the game was offline, but no further statements have been issued since then. According to Kotaku, however, staff at Firewalk have remained “in limbo” in the two weeks following Concord’s shutdown as they wait for a decision on both the game and the studio’s future.
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