Project Volt - Unannounced Game From Mafia 3 Devs Got Canceled
Hangar 13. the creators of Mafia 3, had to cancel their latest project. Known under the working title Volt, the cancelled game cost the publisher $53 million.
- Take-Two has scrapped Hangar 13's new game;
- Project Volt cost the publisher $53 million.
We won't be playing Hangar 13's new game. As reported by Bloomberg, which first detailed the information from Take-Two Interactive's quarterly report, a project with the working title Volt has been canceled after the game's publisher invested $53 million in its development..
The head of the studio Haden Blackman informed the employees by e-mail about the game's cancelation. The reason for this decision is the high cost of development, which in today's hard times (due to the pandemic), is difficult to "defend" when hoping to make something that will bring profit.
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Some more information about Volt is brought to you by Kotaku, which reports that it was supposed to be a co-op game based on the GAAS (game-as-a-service) model, in which there was a division into three character archetypes - DPS, tank and . A unique aspect was to be a system that would enable the enemies to merge into a stronger opponent.
Volt was developed by over 200 people, who will be reassigned to other projects.. The head of Hangar 13 noted that 2K Games still believes in their skills, so work on a new title will soon begin. However, it will be a few years before we see the results of their work (if at all).
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