{"id":288898,"date":"2024-09-23T19:08:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T17:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=340892"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:56:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:56:13","slug":"annapurna-continues-developing-its-games-even-if-theres-no-one-left-to-make-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/annapurna-continues-developing-its-games-even-if-theres-no-one-left-to-make-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Annapurna continues developing its games&#8230; even if there&#8217;s no one left to make them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are used to reading news about video game companies that lay off workers without hesitation, but <strong>not so much about workers who decide to leave en masse<\/strong>. Imagine how bad things must be to actively decide that you are better off without a job. This is what happened with Annapurna, whose 25 developers decided to leave at the same time, raising all possible red flags about the studio. However, it doesn&#8217;t seem to have put them in a bind when it comes to continuing to make their titles.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Stray\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/2ac547b7-155a-4f3f-b112-854572095632\/3257566938\/stray-download-Stray.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Stray<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/stray.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/stray.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Purge of Annapurna<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Although our real concern should not be the well-being of the announced games (but rather that of the workers who decided to leave), it is inevitable to wonder what happens with titles like Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth, which <strong>was going to be the first video game of the franchise in 25 years<\/strong>. Well, apparently&#8230; nothing. Everything remains as it was. There is no problem. Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And to think that <strong>Chelsea Hash, the director of the title, was one of those who refused to move forward<\/strong> along with the rest of the developers who were working on it, so it&#8217;s hard to imagine that anyone at Annapurna has the cold blood right now to act as if nothing has happened and continue with other people at the helm, but that&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BLADE RUNNER: 2033 Official Trailer (2023) 4K UHD\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DntuutK-_Cc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More or less, because the representative from Annapurna told IGN that<em> &#8216;The situation is puzzling, but now we are focused on moving forward&#8230; We have a great influx of quality job applications and <strong>we are excited to build a team passionate about telling original stories<\/strong> that are not told anywhere else. PS: We are hiring.&#8217;<\/em> Do you know when you had a passionate team? Before. They left. It&#8217;s something to think about.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Stray\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/2ac547b7-155a-4f3f-b112-854572095632\/3257566938\/stray-download-Stray.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Stray<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/stray.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/stray.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are used to reading news about video game companies that lay off workers without hesitation, but not so much about workers who decide to leave en masse. Imagine how bad things must be for someone to actively decide that they are better off without a job. This is what happened with Annapurna, whose 25 developers decided to leave at the same time, raising all possible red flags about the studio. However, it doesn&#8217;t seem to have put them in a bind when it comes to continuing to make their titles. The purge of Annapurna Although the real concern for any of us should be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":288902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[7075,3598,7076],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-288898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-annapurna","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionstray","tag-blade-runner-2033","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311434,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288898\/revisions\/311434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288898"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=288898"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=288898"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=288898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}