The Outsiders co-founder David Goldfarb confirmed that the team is “not dead” and he is “working on something” with a plan to “get it all together” for the studio's 2.0 version.
After informing GamesIndustry.biz in a statement last October that open-world survival game Dune: Awakening was “the biggest release in our 32-year history of making great games,” Funcom then announced that it would be laying off employees. due to studio restructuring. As part of broader cuts, Goldfarb The Outsiders studio was also closed.
Now in a new interview PC gamerGoldfarb admitted that Metal: Hellsinger “undersold” but “the market […] be that as it may, it is very difficult to stay alive after this.”
“We're working on The Outsiders 2.0, so we're not dead. We're just putting everything together to [can] continue,” he said.
“We are working on something and talking to people. And then if everything works out, we can go ahead and do it and maybe bring back some of our old colleagues. This is a dream.”
“It's a difficult time to find funds,” he added. “Oddly enough, it never bothers me. I always say: “We will succeed.” It's just a matter of when and who. But everything will work out.”
