Following Sony’s shock decision to haul live service hero shooter Concord offline two weeks after launch, its game director has reportedly stepped down with some staff concerned about the future of the studio.

It’s been two weeks since Sony announced it was taking the unprecedented step of unreleasing Concord and almost as long since the ill-fated, sci-fi hero shooter was officially taken offline. In the time since,

It’s been two weeks since Firewalk took Concord offline, and only about a month since the shooter launched in the first place. Things have obviously not gone well, and if the latest reports from Kotaku and Games Industry are any indication, they’re still not.

PlayStation ’s recently delisted first person shooter Concord reportedly cost $400 million to develop. That’s according to PlayStation podcast Sacred Symbols, which claims that the game, which was recently taken offline by PlayStation after just two weeks on sale, was referred to as “the future of PlayStation,” internally.

Sony's upcoming 'Marathon' reboot will is reportedly following in many of the same ill-fated footsteps as 'Concord'.

A Kotaku report says Concord game director Ryan Ellis has stepped down from his position at Firewalk Studios, and will take on a "support role" instead. Three sources told the site that Ellis, a former director on Destiny 2 who left Bungie in 2016 and founded Firewalk in 2018,

Concord game director Ryan Ellis has reportedly stepped down after the beleaguered hero shooter was yanked offline amid disastrous player numbers, with staff at developer Firewalk Studios said to be in limbo while they wait for Sony's decision on the future of the game.