Looks like according to Kotaku and Polytron's twitter, Fez 2 has been cancelled.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/27/fez-2-canceled/
https://twitter.com/Polytron
"It's with a heavy heart that we announce that FEZ II has been cancelled and is no longer in development. We apologize for the disappointment"
I did a little bit of digging and apparently over the last few days both Phil Fish and Jonathon Blow have been endlessly bitching about being contacted over the Xbox 1 indie self publishing. This Neogaf thread seems to have a significant portion of their tweets
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=636121
Unfortunately, in the case of Phil Fish it looks like he's blocked his twitter now so the old tweets are no longer viewable.
https://twitter.com/PHIL_FISH
It'll probably all blow over but this diva crap is seriously getting old at this point (especially from Fish). The Neogaf thread has a link to the gametrailers podcast where they discuss this (up until today's cancelling of Fez 2) and it sums it up pretty well (don't worry the discussion is all at the beginning in the first few minutes, you don't have to watch the whole thing.
http://www.gametrailers.com/full-episodes/roj70m/invisible-walls-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink
In particular, as they raise in the podcast. These guys are 2 guys who were endlessly craving media attention when it suited them in launching their games. Seeking out movie coverage (Indie Game the Movie), trying to drum up support, etc. but when it comes time for them to do something that doesn't necessarily directly benefit them, but rather pays back the favor the media has given them, they go off and act like divas about it refusing to help in any way.
Yes, they don't owe any responsibility or duty to the media or anyone else but on the same hand they should appreciate that they are being sought out for their opinions like this as an implicit endorsement of their standing in the indie game community. They're the de facto representatives and frankly, they could do better. Realistically, how hard would it have been to take 5-10 minutes to write a canned "this is good news response" or whatever other honest opinions they have and just copy and paste it to all of the journalists who emailed them for coment.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/27/fez-2-canceled/
https://twitter.com/Polytron
"It's with a heavy heart that we announce that FEZ II has been cancelled and is no longer in development. We apologize for the disappointment"
I did a little bit of digging and apparently over the last few days both Phil Fish and Jonathon Blow have been endlessly bitching about being contacted over the Xbox 1 indie self publishing. This Neogaf thread seems to have a significant portion of their tweets
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=636121
Unfortunately, in the case of Phil Fish it looks like he's blocked his twitter now so the old tweets are no longer viewable.
https://twitter.com/PHIL_FISH
It'll probably all blow over but this diva crap is seriously getting old at this point (especially from Fish). The Neogaf thread has a link to the gametrailers podcast where they discuss this (up until today's cancelling of Fez 2) and it sums it up pretty well (don't worry the discussion is all at the beginning in the first few minutes, you don't have to watch the whole thing.
http://www.gametrailers.com/full-episodes/roj70m/invisible-walls-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink
In particular, as they raise in the podcast. These guys are 2 guys who were endlessly craving media attention when it suited them in launching their games. Seeking out movie coverage (Indie Game the Movie), trying to drum up support, etc. but when it comes time for them to do something that doesn't necessarily directly benefit them, but rather pays back the favor the media has given them, they go off and act like divas about it refusing to help in any way.
Yes, they don't owe any responsibility or duty to the media or anyone else but on the same hand they should appreciate that they are being sought out for their opinions like this as an implicit endorsement of their standing in the indie game community. They're the de facto representatives and frankly, they could do better. Realistically, how hard would it have been to take 5-10 minutes to write a canned "this is good news response" or whatever other honest opinions they have and just copy and paste it to all of the journalists who emailed them for coment.
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