In 2019, however, Rodkin told Polygon the studio had put the development of In the Valley of Gods on hold to help Valve with projects like Half-Life Alyx and Dota Underlords. What we saw then was a first-person adventure set in the 1920s that would have taken players to the deserts of Egypt. At the time, the developer was working on its second game, In the Valley of Gods. Vanaman and Rodkin's involvement is good news because it's been a while since we heard anything from the studio. The final product could either be a movie or TV show, according to one of the producers from production house Snoot Entertainment. There aren't many details on the project yet, but what we do know is that Campo Santo co-founders Sean Vanaman and Jake Rodkin will help produce it. However, those rights later returned to the game studio after Lionsgate acquired Good Universe in 2017. In 2016, developer Campo Santo announced a deal with Good Universe ( Last Vegas, Desperados) to make a film based on the hit indie game. This is the second time there's been news of a possible Firewatch film adaption. In the Valley of Gods’ release date on Steam is now listed as “TBD.In a match made in indie heaven, the independent production house behind movies like Blindspotting and Little Monsters has acquired the movie and TV rights to 2016's Firewatch (via The Hollywood Reporter). Half-Life: Alyx is scheduled to be released on Steam in March 2020. And when that happens, we’ll find an exciting way to let fans know. So to answer your question as of today, In the Valley of Gods development is on hold-but it certainly feels like a project people can and may return to. Similarly, some ex-Campos are working on Dota Underlords, some are on Steam, and so on. Some of us starting lending a hand, and have since become full-time on the project as it approaches launch. As we integrated ourselves into Valve it became clear there was a lot of valuable work to be done on Half-Life: Alyx. It turns out that’s true, and there’s a lot of work available. You hear a lot about how at Valve you can work on what you want. As you can imagine, our experience in the first-person adventure genre is pretty relevant. But yes, developers from the former Campo Santo team have joined other projects at Valve, including Half-Life: Alyx. In the end, Valve Time makes fools of us all. To fans looking forward to In the Valley of Gods, it’s probably clear that the optimistic “2019” at the end of the announcement trailer isn’t going to be accurate. In a statement to Polygon, Rodkin says that former Campo Santo developers are busy working on not just Half-Life : Alyx, but Dota Underlords, Steam, and other Valve projects as well. Campo Santo co-founder Jake Rodkin confirms that “ In the Valley of Gods development is on hold,” but not outright canceled. Still, the fate of In the Valley of Gods was uncertain.īut no longer. Several Campo Santo developers were confirmed to be working on the project. It was a worrying sign.īut then Valve announced Half-Life: Alyx, a VR-only prequel to Half-Life 2. Just last month, Firewatch fans freaked out a little bit more when multiple Campo Santo developers who had joined Valve removed any and all mention of In the Valley of Gods from their Twitter bios. Some Firewatch fans worried that Campo Santo had been swallowed by a company notorious for not shipping games. The following year, Valve, the maker of Counter-Strike, Steam, and Dota 2, snapped up Campo Santo. In 2017, Firewatch developer Campo Santo unveiled In the Valley of Gods, a promising-looking first-person adventure set in Egypt.
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