Romero Games, the studio headed up by John and Brenda Romero, has announced that an unspecified publisher has canceled funding for its new game, and it’s believed to be Microsoft.
In a post, Brenda Romero said “our publisher has canceled funding for our game along with several other unannounced projects at other studios.” She added, “This was a strategic decision made at a high level within the publisher, well above our visibility or control.”
The wording and the timing suggests that Microsoft was the publisher for this new game, given Microsoft just confirmed it had canceled multiple unannounced games. Romero Games said years ago when its new FPS was announced that it was working with a “major” publisher, and Microsoft would fit that bill. An affected staffer at Romero Games said outright on social media that, “Unfortunately, due to the recent Xbox layoffs, I’ve lost my position at Romero Games.”
