LogInThe most disastrous AAA game of 2024 is not giving up that easily.
When Sony and Firewalk Studios officially shut down Concord a month ago, many understandably assumed that the game – widely regarded as the worst of 2024 and one of the most disappointing AAA projects of all time – was gone for good, perceiving the developer's talk of "exploring options" and "determining the best path ahead" as nothing more than a typical corporate statement, meant solely to appease the few thousand people who actually bought and played the infamous "$50-$400 million flop".
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As hard as it may be to believe, given the game's disastrous reception, the small hint in the announcement suggesting the FPS's return appears to have been true, and Concord has indeed been slowly crawling its way back to the market. According to the latest findings on the game's SteamDB page, Concord has been receiving backend updates daily since September 29, with the latest changelist submitted on October 8 around 2 PM UTC.
While it's impossible to determine exactly what these changes involve or what aspects of the game Firewalk is working on, it's clear that the project, though officially retired, is not entirely dead and could one day make a comeback, hopefully as a free-to-play title that will have taken into account community feedback and revamped its uninspired gameplay, boring maps, and safe art design.
What do you think about Concord's possible comeback? Would you be willing to give it another chance? What should Firewalk focus on so as not to become a subject of industry-wide ridicule for the second time? Tell us in the comments!
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