Outriders studio cancels ‘Project Dagger’ following Take-Two split

People Can Fly has been keeping itself busy since the release of Outriders. The studio has had multiple other games in the works, including one known as Project Dagger. While initially planned to be published by Take-Two, this deal was later scrapped, leaving People Can Fly to self-publish. Now, after an extra year or so of work on the game, the studio is pulling the plug. 

Project Dagger will no longer make it through to release. People Can Fly, the studio best known for titles like Outriders and Bulletstorm, confirmed that the game's commercial outlook wasn't good enough. Rather than sinking further investment into Project Dagger, it will now be cancelled and teams will be shuffled around to work on other things.

Project Dagger was described as a “ground-breaking action-adventure title”. The game may have still made it through to release if a new publishing partner had been found, but the company made it clear back in 2022 that its intention was to self-publish the game, an expensive undertaking and risky for a brand-new IP.

Unfortunately, Project Dagger isn't the only game behind the scenes at the studio to be facing issues. Project Gemini, a game that was being worked on by People Can Fly and Square Enix, has also encountered issues with scope and budget, leading to lay-offs earlier this year.

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KitGuru Says: We never had the opportunity to learn any real details about Project Dagger. Hopefully People Can Fly can land on its feet with whatever it ends up working on next. 

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