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Robert Bowling’s development studio Robotoki has closed.
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Bowling confirmed the news in a statement to Joystiq, adding that the studio’s closure had forced development of Human Element to be put “on hiatus”.
“This week we have ceased operations at Robotoki and the development of Human Element is on hiatus,” Bowling told the site. “We were actively negotiating a new publishing deal for the premium version of Human Element but unfortunately I was unable to continue to self-fund development until a deal was finalized.”
Human Element had originally been due to launch as a free-to-play title published by Nexon this November. However, Bowling announced at the end of last year that Nexon and Robotoki had ended their partnership after the game was changed to a “premium experience”.
Bowling opened Robotoki in 2012 having previously worked as Call of Duty’s creative strategist at Infinity Ward.
Human Element was given its first public reveal during last month’s Game Awards, with the game expected to be a post-apocalyptic 5v5 hero shooter. It isn’t clear how many staff were employed by Robotoki.
Source: joystiq.com
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Human Element
- Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- Genre(s): Action, Fantasy, Massively Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online, RPG
