Bulletstorm studio People Can Fly's floundering Project Dagger officially dead

Bulletstorm and Outriders studio People Can Fly has brought development of its struggling Project Dagger to a close after concluding its commercial potential was “unsatisfactory”.

Project Dagger, which People Can Fly previously described as a new action-adventure IP, had been in development for around three and a half years, and was initially set to be released by GTA and Borderlands publisher Take-Two Interactive.

In September 2022, however, it was announced Take-Two had pulled out of the deal, and that People Can Fly would retain the rights and continue development of the game for self-publishing. “We strongly believe in Project Dagger’s potential,” People Can Fly boss Sebastian Wojciechowski said at the time.