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Tencent Cancels Last Sentinel After Six Years and Hundreds of Millions in Development
Tencent has effectively canceled its ambitious sci-fi action game Last Sentinel this week following six years of development and hundreds of millions of dollars in investment, resulting in 80 layoffs. The project, which the company had positioned as a competitor to Grand Theft Auto, was officially described as a reboot but is believed to have been shelved entirely.
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Tencent reportedly spent six year and hundreds of millions trying to make Last Sentinel into a sci-fi competitor to Grand Theft Auto...
Kotaku1d
Tencent set out to take on Grand Theft Auto. After six years, hundreds of millions of dollars, and a whole lot of big promises, they "rebooted" (most likely canceled) "Last Sentinel" this week and laid off 80 people. This is the story behind what happened
Jason Schreier1d
What we know
- Tencent spent six years and hundreds of millions of dollars developing Last Sentinel as a sci-fi answer to Grand Theft Auto
- The company announced a reboot of the project this week, widely interpreted as a cancellation
- Eighty employees were laid off as a result of the shutdown
- Last Sentinel was positioned as Tencent's major play in the action-game market
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