Project Phoenix Breaks Seven-Year Silence With 2031 Completion Target
After backers had written off the project, the developer's return with a concrete timeline and a restructured team suggests the long-dormant JRPG may actually reach completion.
Reporting from 2 sources: Automaton, Game Spark.
Creative Intelligence Arts posted the first update on Project Phoenix in seven years, revealing the game is still in development after raising $1.02 million via Kickstarter in 2013. The developer apologized for the long silence, cited staff departures as the main cause of delays, and now targets a 2031 release.
Creative Intelligence Arts posted its first update on Project Phoenix in seven years on July 7, surprising backers who had given up on the game. The Kickstarter-funded JRPG raised about $1.02 million from 15,800 backers in 2013, with a planned 2015 release that never materialized. Producer and director Hiroaki Yura apologized for the silence, explaining that key programmer David Clark's departure to work on Ori and the Will of the Wisps left the project without its lead developer. Yura said funds ran out by 2015 and he sought new financing. The update now targets a 2031 completion, with a solid development structure in place.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.