Farewell, Starlight Re:Volver, we barely knew you.
In November, just three months after it launched into early access, Starlight Re:Volver halted updates. Despite a demo that did well during Steam Next Fest, the anime action RPG underperformed at launch. Pahdo Labs laid off half its team, halted updates, and said it was going « back to the drawing board », with a follow-up announcement promised for February.
Now that follow-up has arrived, and it’s more bad news. CEO Dan Zou has announced the studio is shutting down completely. « Since our last update in November, we’ve been grappling with the reality that Starlight Re:Volver did not achieve the commercial success we needed to sustain Pahdo Labs. We aimed high, spread ourselves too thin, and shipped a game that couldn’t hold a healthy player base. »
Zou revealed that Pahdo spent the last few months working on a demo for a game in a similar style called Edge of Divinity, hoping to attract a new round of investors.
