2K today announced the formation of Hangar 13, a new development studio under its 2K publishing label. Led by veteran game developer Haden Blackman, Hangar 13 is located at the 2K headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is working on an unannounced next-generation title.
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.’s 2K Games has canceled an unannounced project from developer Hangar 13, according to people familiar with the decision.
The company, in its earnings statement Wednesday, said it had taken a charge of $53 million, for ending “further development of an unannounced title in its pipeline.”
The project, which was code-named Volt, had gone through multiple iterations since it was first conceived. The current version struggled due to reboots, technological hiccups and challenges caused by Covid-19, said the people, who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.
A fate worse than death. The only thing worse is becoming a Call of Duty support studio.
A fate worse than death?
I'd be honoured to work on one of the best video game series of all time.
Sure it's nowhere near as good as the team coming together to create a project of their own but working on the GTA series would be awesome.
These guys really can't catch a break. They put out quality time and again, but their only real breakout was Surge 2.
Now they have a project straight up cancelled.
They're not long for a studio, I feel.
Yeah it was a new formed studio to work on Maria 3 and we all know how that went.. it was mediocre at best so this does not surprise me.. T2 probably had playable testers in to see how the project was going and thought nah let’s cancel it and cut our losses while we still can..
Yup.
My bad.
I was thinking Deck 13.
On that note, while I didn't hate it. It had a lot going for it with the overall story, but Mafia 3 was pretty subpar. Some of the worst ai I've experienced in some time.
I worked on this project "volt" and "Rhapsody" as well as mafia 3. Trust me volt was a horrible idea that played horribly and had terrible concepts. Rhapsody had great concept but never got far past the initial proving stages.
Little bit of inside knowledge, hangar 13 had more producers than engineers or QA.
While Haden was a nice guy with great ideas, the studio has been mismanaged since the start.
It had some very strange ideas from the start and was generally more focused on reimaginign a convoluted narrative before gameplay concepts where iorned out.
Wait ... Didn't you say a few months ago you have worked on multiplayer shooters?
Is that common these days in the game production space? The whole management issue? It seems many keep buying planes without the pilots. Like that new MS studio calling on square for help.
Really glad you liked it, the entire team and myself worked and crunched very hard to make that game and all the dlcs. Bunch of super smart and talented folks at Hangar 13 and I really hope they don't get shut down or hit with anymore layoffs.
I know Mafia 3 gets a lot of hate but I absolutely loved that game! So what happens to hangar 13 now? Is there anything salvageable from the development of volt project? Like any assets artwork gameplay ideas etc? Seems like they would try to salvage something for all the money that was paid. I'd love for them to make Mafia 4 and have it next gen only
Developer Hangar 13 is remaking 2002's Mafia and there are quite a few changes you should know about before you start playing.
There will be changes that further rejuvenate the game.
How they thought their recent definitive edition updates wouldn’t damage the remakes sales I’ll never know. Stupid decision.
lol exactly my thought. And not having a single gameplay demo for a game that's about to release in a month, does not help their case neither.
Cool logo for Horror game studio.