Overview

• Square Enix formally axed Project Gemini in early July, confirming that Outriders 2 was canceled after work was suspended in June.
• Development stalled over Square Enix’s failure to deliver critical assets and maintain payment schedules despite ongoing motion capture sessions.
• Insider reports conflict on project progress, with some sources saying the sequel was nearly finished and others indicating it was far from release readiness.
• People Can Fly implemented significant layoffs in early June as it wrote off two unannounced projects, including the Outriders 2 sequel.
• The Polish studio has since refocused on co-development work, joining Microsoft’s Gears of War: E-Day, an unannounced Sony IP project and Krafton’s Project Echo.