Bulletstorm and Outriders studio People Can Fly has brought development of its struggling Project Dagger to a close after concluding its commercial potential was “unsatisfactory”.
Project Dagger, which People Can Fly previously described as a new action-adventure IP, had been in development for around three and a half years, and was initially set to be released by GTA and Borderlands publisher Take-Two Interactive.
In September 2022, however, it was announced Take-Two had pulled out of the deal, and that People Can Fly would retain the rights and continue development of the game for self-publishing. “We strongly believe in Project Dagger’s potential,” People Can Fly boss Sebastian Wojciechowski said at the time.
Despite that initial confidence, last November brought the news People Can Fly had halted development on Project Dagger following an external evaluation of its progress, and had tasked “an experienced team of approximately 10 people with… redefining the direction of the game’s development”.