The creators of Arx Fatalis and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic might be facing some problems due to recent budget and staff cuts made by EA. CEO Raphael Colantonio does say that he feels they are ready to move on from these setbacks and was also optimistic about the future of Arkane Studios.

The positive side is that we have the capacity to work on other projects now. To some degree, although it sounds like a bit of a paradox, all these publishers cutting things right now - I think it will eventually benefit the independent developers.

"Those companies will be looking for projects, and if they're looking, rightly, to lower their costs it makes sense to work with independent companies - they're always cheaper than anything they can produce internally.

Mishtram via gamesindustry.biz »