Greg 'Ghostcrawler' Street is a prominent game designer who previously worked on World of Warcraft and the untitled League of Legends MMO before departing Riot Games to found his own studio, Fantastic Pixel Castle, to create an MMO for NetEase Games. The project was codenamed Ghost.
Unfortunately for Fantastic Pixel Castle, NetEase Games suddenly pulled funding from each of its star-studded studios earlier this year. Worlds Untold (Mac Walters), Jar of Sparks (Jerry Hook) and T-Minus Zero (Rich Vogel) all shuttered without releasing a game, and now Fantastic Pixel Castle has followed suit.
"Fantastic Pixel Castle will close its doors on November 17," Street writes in a LinkedIn post. "While there is still a chance we can secure funding after that date, it will depend on how much of the team remains. While we'd love to make our game, our first priority is to help developers find employment, whether that's at indie studio Fantastic Pixel Castle 2.0, or at many of the other fine (and hopefully stable) game and tech companies out there."
"To the literally dozens of people who reached out trying to help us raise capital, or through introductions to people who could, you humble me....
