Paradox Cancels Life by You and Closes Paradox Tectonic

The life simulation Life by You, whose Early Access release was recently postponed indefinitely, will no longer be released. The Swedish publisher has announced that the second quarter of 2024 will be negatively impacted by MSEK 208 from the write-off of the game's total capitalised development costs. This is equivalent to approximately 18.5 million Euros. Already last year, Harebrained Schemes' The Lamplighters League, which cost almost 28 million Euros, was written off. Fredrik Wester, CEO of Paradox Interactive: "For a long time, we've held hopes for Life by You and the potential we saw in it, but it is now clear that the game will not be able to meet our expectations. A version that we’d be satisfied with is too far away, and therefore we are taking the difficult decision to cancel the release. Moving forward, we should perform at a much higher level, and it's obvious that we have work ahead of us."

The life simulation Life by You, whose Early Access release was recently postponed indefinitely, will no longer be released. The Swedish publisher has announced that the second quarter of 2024 will be negatively impacted by MSEK 208 from the write-off of the game's total capitalised development costs. This is equivalent to approximately 18.5 million Euros. Already last year, Harebrained Schemes' The Lamplighters League, which cost almost 28 million Euros, was written off. Fredrik Wester, CEO of Paradox Interactive: "For a long time, we've held hopes for Life by You and the potential we saw in it, but it is now clear that the game will not be able to meet our expectations. A version that we’d be satisfied with is too far away, and therefore we are taking the difficult decision to cancel the release. Moving forward, we should perform at a much higher level, and it's obvious that we have work ahead of us."