Polish studio people can flybehind games like Painkiller, hail of bullets or Outriders announced that it wants to refocus on self-publishing games in the future. The decision was made after unsuccessful cooperation with Square Enix about the last name and termination of cooperation with Take-Two interactive.
Vladimir Makarychev, who is responsible for publishing on the team, promises more control over brands after the strategy change, but also believes that independence will be reflected in financial results. For 2023-2027, the studio promises a profit of $670 million. Makarychev is also aware of the risks of such a move, and Polish developers plan to limit them by diversifying their portfolio and developing several projects in parallel.
Currently the latest game from People Can Fly Outriders, which received very decent reviews from critics, but failed. In the year of publication (2021), they were even unprofitable, so the studio did not earn money through the publisher not a penny. Last fall, the publisher ended its partnership with People Can Fly. Take two interactive. In this case, the studio at least took back the work in progress Project Dagger.
In his own words developers are currently working on seven different projects in different teams and at different stages of development. One of them is VR. Project Thunderwhich will arrive later this year. The same team will release Green Hell VR this year on PlayStation and HTC devices (it was already released on Oculus Quest 2, Oculus Rift and Pico last year).
Three projects, including the one mentioned Project Dagger will be released by the studio itself in 2025 and 2026. The team is partnering with Square Enix on an AAA action-adventure game announced three years ago. Last act codenamed Ed is under preparation.
Source :Indian TV
