EXCLUSIVE: Eidos Montreal Cancels 7+ 12 months In-Improvement Title That Cost A whole lot of Tens of millions

Yesterday’s Eidos Montreal layoffs had been as a result of cancellation of Wildlands, a recreation that had been in growth since early 2019.

First reported by Insider Gaming in December 2025, the undertaking was referred to as P11, because it was the eleventh undertaking in growth on the studio.

According to sources, the sport had been struggling for years, with 4 totally different recreation engines used all through growth, narrative course conflicts, and a price range that had exploded to a number of hundred million. The recreation’s spiralling price range resulted in a number of initiatives on the studio being cancelled, together with a brand new Deus Ex recreation in January 2024.

Footage of the sport, despatched to Insider Gaming on the situation that it not go public, reveals that Wildlands was an open-world third-person action-adventure recreation through which gamers would take management of a personality named River. River was a part of a gaggle of youngsters known as Spiritbounds, who may chase away unhealthy spirits with their magical staffs and journey legendary creatures. River’s companion was a giant-moose-looking animal known as ‘Redheart’, which the participant may journey to navigate across the map extra rapidly.

As talked about in a separate article earlier this yr, the sport regarded awfully just like the cancelled survival recreation WiLD by Wild Sheet Studio, a lot so, in fact, that I believed they had been an identical initiatives. However, WiLD is believed to be completely shelved.

What’s weird about Wildlands’ cancellation is that, based on sources, the sport was nearly full. It has not too long ago handed key milestones and was within the debugging section, with a tentative launch date deliberate for later this yr.

However, for no matter cause, Embracer most likely went chilly on the undertaking and felt like several future funding wouldn’t be recouped. As to why it took Embracer this lengthy, although, stays to be seen.

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