The new project from theMafia IIIstudio has reportedly been shut down
Take-Two Interactive’searnings reporttoday mentions a $53 million impairment charge, related to its decision to not proceed further with development of an unannounced game in its pipeline. According to a new report, that game was a Hangar 13 project called Volt.
Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reportsthat Take-Two’s 2K Games has canceled an unannounced game from Hangar 13, according to sources familiar with the matter. This project, reportedly code-named “Volt,” went through several iterations and struggled with reboots and technological hiccups, as well as challenges posed by theCOVID-19 pandemic.
According to the report, Volt would have featured superheroes competing online in a new IP for Hangar 13. 2K executives reportedly didn’t see it as a worthwhile investment, due to the amount of time needed before it could become a finished product. The studio will reportedly discuss next steps tomorrow, Nov. 4.
Hangar 13 is the studio behind 2016’sMafia III, which has sincegone through some tough times. A2018 Kotaku report, also from Schreier, details much of the studio’s history and its struggles over the years.
2K also announced thatMarvel’s Midnight Suns, a different kind of superhero game from Firaxis, would be getting pushed back from spring 2022into the latter half of next year. Still, Take-Two is forging ahead with games, as it’s set to launch Rockstar’sGrand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Editionlater this month.
