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The creators of Celeste give us terrible news: they are canceling their next game

Earthblade, the long-awaited game from the creators of Celeste, has been canceled after six long years of development, according to a statement from the founders of EXOK Games. This difficult decision was due to a series of internal challenges that made the project’s viability unsustainable. The departure of Pedro, a founding member and the game’s art director, was a crucial factor; his departure followed a disagreement over intellectual property rights related to Celeste. It has not been a matter of a single person: it has been an accumulation of problems Despite having started with great […]

Earthblade, the highly anticipated game from the creators of Celeste, has been canceled after six long years of development, according to a statement from the founders of EXOK Games. This difficult decision was due to a series of internal challenges that made the project’s viability unsustainable. The departure of Pedro, a founding member and artistic director of the video game, was a crucial factor; his departure followed a disagreement over intellectual property rights related to Celeste.

It has not been a matter of one person: it has been an accumulation of problems

Despite having started with high expectations, the successful legacy of Celeste ended up becoming a burden for the team, which contributed to the cancellation of Earthblade. The founders of EXOK Games have taken responsibility for this decision, emphasizing that the challenges faced during development had been accumulating for some time and that the game was not progressing as they had hoped.

The team has made it clear that, although the project did not survive, Pedro’s departure should not be seen as the cause of the failure, as it was an amicable process. However, the loss of a key collaborator led the studio to reconsider the viability of the title. In this competitive and challenging environment of the video game industry, EXOK Games acknowledges that the pressure to live up to their first major success was a considerable burden.

Despite the cancellation, the studio remains committed to the gaming community and promises to return to its roots with smaller-scale projects that reflect the creativity and passion that characterized them at the beginning of their journey. EXOK Games aims to surprise its followers with new proposals, although it will take time to restructure after this difficult decision.

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Six years later, Celeste returns, the classic indie platformer, adding a new dimension of gameplay

Six years later, Celeste returns, the classic indie platformer, adding a new dimension of gameplay, turning it into a Nintendo 64 game.

Few indies are more beloved than Celeste. If we also have to stick to platformers, there is probably none other that is remembered with such affection. And there are more than enough reasons for that. It was beautiful, it dealt with a warm and important theme, and its mechanics are still today so revolutionary, that even the latest Prince of Persia borrows some of them. Because Celeste is impossible to forget.

That’s why, now that it turns six years old, Extremeley OK Games has decided to celebrate the game’s birthday in a big way. By releasing a new game where we control Madelaine. With a twist. This time it’s in 3D.

Named Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain, it is a game that imitates the style of Nintendo 64 games to create a 3D platformer that maintains the essence of Celeste. The result is not only excellent, but also very original and different. It feels both like a Nintendo 64 game and like Celeste, but not quite like either. A beautiful tribute to both the original game and platformers of an underrated console.

In addition, Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain can be downloaded from Maddy Makes Games’ itch.io page at the best possible price: for free. Because they have decided that the best way to celebrate Celeste’s birthday is not for us to give them anything, but for them to give us a game. A new and excellent one.

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