A year on from launching Wanderstop, Ivy Road are closing their doors after struggling to fund their next game

One past astonishment for the crippled is inactive connected the way, however

It's been a small implicit a twelvemonth since the merchandise of Wanderstop, the debut crippled of Ivy Road, itself a workplace made up of Stanley Parable, Gone Home, and Minecraft talent. Since then, the developer has been trying to find backing for its adjacent game, Engine Angel, but successful January announced that this had been unsuccessful, with layoffs taking spot arsenic a result. Now, the workplace has announced that it is, unfortunately, shutting down.

"Today, we indispensable stock immoderate bittersweet news: Ivy Road is closing its doors arsenic of March 31st, 2026," reads a blog station from Ivy Road. "It’s hard to enactment into words however thankful we are to person been capable to enactment unneurotic connected Wanderstop - this is an unthinkable radical of people! And portion we had a caller project, Engine Angel, that we were excited about, unluckily the backing didn’t travel to fruition and the workplace had to unopen down."

Despite Ivy Road's shuttering, determination is seemingly different "surprise brewing" for Wanderstop, "one we've been moving connected for the past twelvemonth to assistance find a mode for Wanderstop to scope caller players." Annapurna, the steadfast of the game, volition seemingly stock further connection of this determination down the line. Wanderstop volition stay disposable to play and acquisition connected each platforms arsenic well.

The squad bash besides enactment successful the station that they anticipation Engine Angel does someway get made 1 day, contempt the backing troubles, and I'd beryllium inclined to agree. It was a beauteous extremist departure from Wanderstop, taking connected the signifier of a overmuch much frenetic, energetic, maximalist enactment crippled that is immoderate driving crippled by mode of Devil May Cry. Yes, the car did the fighting, and I truly bash anticipation it sees the airy of time eventually.

Good luck to those affected by the studio's closure - there's a thread present worthy perusing that lists those present retired of work.