Despite rumors and reports that pointed to the contrary, Romero Games is in fact still kicking, though things are still touch and go as the team is forced to “reassess the staffing of [the] studio.”
Romero Games, founded by industry veterans John and Brenda Romero, was deep in development on its latest game when its publisher suddenly pulled funding from the project last week, causing the game to be cancelled and casting a shadow on the future of the Galway-based team. In a statement shared to Romero Games’ social media pages on July 7, the studio clarified a lot of the questions surrounding its future and the unfortunate cancellation.
Update (July 7, 2025) pic.twitter.com/9QoZ7RWY3S
— Romero Games Ltd. (@romerogamesltd) July 7, 2025
The short post claims that the team’s project did lose funding last week, putting the team in a difficult spot. Due to the nature of the deal, Romero Games cannot reveal the publisher that pulled the team’s funding, but as news of layoffs and similar cancellations across several Xbox studios continued to trickle out last week, it was largely believed to be Microsoft. Romero Games’ post suggests that “some may infer [the publisher’s identity] from public information.”
