Frostpunk developer 11 Bit Studios has laid off an unknown number of staff following the cancellation of its console game codenamed Project 8.
Project 8 kicked off in 2018 and at least 37 people were working on it by the end of September 2024. The studio has invested “more than” 48.4m PLN in the game over that time, the equivalent of around £9.4m or $11.8m.
However, the studio said in a statement that although it achieved “noticeable quality improvements in certain areas”, “several critical aspects of the game and its development process remained problematic despite multiple iterations”. This caused delays, and “with each milestone”, the project’s budget grew.