Gaming🎮 "No one bought it"- Immortals of Aveum reportedly had a $125 million budget but failed to recoup costs

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Various former staff from Ascendant Studios have spoken anonymously about the performance of Immortals of Aveum, the magical FPS published by EA back in 2023. In said statements, these sources have claimed the game had a budget of $125 million, and that "no one bought it".

These quotes are just a relatively small snippet from a fantastic IGN report on video game industry layoffs, which you can read here. These former staff from Ascendant Studios provided their insight on Immortals of Aveum after the studio behind it laid off roughly 45% of its workforce.

The piece starts with an anecdote from the Immortals of Aveum launch party, in which higher-ups reportedly made non-commital statements to fellow staff when asked about the performance of Immortals of Aveum. Later in the piece, an employee states the following:

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