{"id":5317,"date":"2025-11-05T22:42:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/de\/?p=5317"},"modified":"2025-11-05T22:42:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:42:03","slug":"ex-netease-studio-fantastic-pixel-castle-schliesst-im-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/de\/ex-netease-studio-fantastic-pixel-castle-schliesst-im-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NetEase-Studio Fantastic Pixel Castle schlie\u00dft im November"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ein weiteres ambitioniertes MMO-Projekt wird nicht das Licht der Welt erblicken: Fantastic Pixel Castle, das von <em>World of Warcraft<\/em>-Veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7391147465636397057\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greg Street<\/a> gegr\u00fcndete Studio, wird Mitte November seine T\u00fcren schlie\u00dfen. Das best\u00e4tigte Street nun offiziell \u2013 und erkl\u00e4rte, warum das Team trotz jahrelanger Erfahrung keinen Publisher finden konnte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vom Traumprojekt zum letzten Versuch<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Fantastic Pixel Castle entstand 2023 mit Unterst\u00fctzung von NetEase und galt schnell als Hoffnungstr\u00e4ger f\u00fcr Fans klassischer MMOs. Neben Street, der zuvor bei Blizzard und Riot Games t\u00e4tig war, arbeiteten dort auch Entwicklerinnen und Entwickler von <em>Fortnite<\/em>, <em>Overwatch<\/em> und <em>VALORANT<\/em>. Gemeinsam arbeiteten sie an einem AAA-Fantasy-MMORPG mit dem Codenamen \u201eGhost\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doch nach dem Ende der Partnerschaft mit NetEase im Oktober stand das Studio pl\u00f6tzlich ohne finanzielles Fundament da. Street schrieb, dass NetEase \u201esehr unterst\u00fctzend\u201c gewesen sei, als es darum ging, neue Investoren zu finden \u2013 aber der Markt f\u00fcr Gro\u00dfprojekte dieser Art sei \u201epraktisch eingefroren\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201eWir haben alles versucht, um einen Publisher zu finden. Doch im aktuellen Umfeld werden kaum noch Deals geschlossen \u2013 schon gar nicht f\u00fcr ein MMO in dieser Gr\u00f6\u00dfenordnung\u201c, so Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fokus auf das Team statt auf das Spiel<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Am 4. November folgte die ern\u00fcchternde Best\u00e4tigung: Fantastic Pixel Castle wird am 17. November endg\u00fcltig schlie\u00dfen. Street betonte, das Hauptziel sei jetzt, dem Team zu helfen, neue Jobs zu finden \u2013 entweder in anderen Studios oder in einer m\u00f6glichen kleineren Neugr\u00fcndung unter dem Namen <em>Fantastic Pixel Castle 2.0<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Das Team hatte zuletzt noch an einer verkleinerten Version des Spiels gearbeitet \u2013 einer Multiplayer-Variante, die nur halb so viel Budget erfordert h\u00e4tte und bereits zur H\u00e4lfte fertiggestellt war. \u201eDiese kleinere Version h\u00e4tte vielleicht irgendwann wieder zu einem MMO werden k\u00f6nnen\u201c, schrieb Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ein weiterer R\u00fcckzug von NetEase<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Schlie\u00dfung reiht sich in eine Serie von R\u00fcckz\u00fcgen des chinesischen Publishers ein. Seit 2024 hat NetEase mehrere internationale Studios geschlossen, darunter <em>T-Minus Zero Entertainment<\/em>, <em>Humanoid Origin<\/em>, <em>Worlds Untold<\/em> und <em>Jar of Sparks<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mit dem Ende von Fantastic Pixel Castle verschwindet ein weiteres Projekt, das an die goldenen Zeiten der Online-Rollenspiele erinnern sollte \u2013 und ein Studio, das trotz Expertise und Leidenschaft am Marktumfeld scheiterte, das derzeit selbst die erfahrensten Entwickler in die Knie zwingt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1369,"featured_media":5347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"gamurs_wordpress_blocks_hide_tags":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[112,114,130],"tags":[156,123],"coauthors":[144],"class_list":["post-5317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-video-games","category-video-series","tag-gaming-news","tag-videospiele"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ex-NetEase-Studio Fantastic Pixel Castle schlie\u00dft im November<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Das ehemalige NetEase-Studio Fantastic Pixel Castle wird geschlossen. 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