--- title: John Romero's canceled game finds a new publisher description: John Romero has found a new publisher for his canceled game after its funding was suddenly pulled earlier this summer. The project has been rescoped from an... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/john-romero-s-canceled-game-finds-a-new-publisher-vmijys4qr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: John Romero's canceled game finds a new publisher | daily.dev og:description: John Romero has found a new publisher for his canceled game after its funding was suddenly pulled earlier this summer. The project has been rescoped from an... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/john-romero-s-canceled-game-finds-a-new-publisher-vmijys4qr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vmijyS4qR.png og:image:alt: John Romero's canceled game finds a new publisher og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # John Romero's canceled game finds a new publisher **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary John Romero has found a new publisher for his canceled game after its funding was suddenly pulled earlier this summer. The project has been rescoped from an intended team of over 100 people down to around 15 to 16. Romero declined to name the new publisher or officially reveal the game, though former employees' LinkedIn posts suggest it is a shooter. He says the smaller team suits him better, and he likes working hands-on in Unreal Editor instead of sitting in meetings all day. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What happened to John Romero's canceled Xbox game after Microsoft pulled funding? John Romero's game found a new, unnamed publisher after the original funding was pulled earlier in the year. The project was re-scoped from an intended team of over 100 people down to around 15 to 16 staff, and Romero says the game concept has been completely redesigned to fit the smaller team. He has not officially revealed the game's name or genre, though former employees' LinkedIn posts suggest it is a shooter. _Follow game industry funding shakeups and studio pivots like this one on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Ron Gilbert cancels RPG project due to lack of support and funding](https://daily.dev/posts/ron-gilbert-cancels-rpg-project-due-to-lack-of-support-and-funding-jqdwlsu7o) · GamesIndustry.biz · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - ["We were there in the 80s for the crash, and this is definitely crashier." 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