Ubisoft pulls I Am Alive away from Darkworks

Posted Mar 6th 2009 11:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Action

Darkworks, the French-based game developer who made the survival horror title Cold Fear for Ubisoft a few years ago, had been working on some time on the still mysterious disaster-action game I Am Alive. Now it appears that things are a-changin. While the game is still being made, Ubisoft has pulled Darkworks off the title.

A post on the Darkworks web site has the complete Ubisoft statement without any other comment: Here is is in full:

In order to respect the new launch date for this ambitious title, and Darkworks having other obligations, we have mutually decided to complete development of I Am Alive at Ubisoft Shanghai, as the two studios have collaborated on aspects of the title over the past year.

The team at Darkworks has respected its contractual obligations on the project and will be a part of the success of the game when it launches.

The sparse Darkworks web site gives no clues as the the "other obligations" mentioned in the Ubisoft statement. Originally planned for a March 2009 release date, I Am Alive is now scheduled for release sometime in Ubisoft's 2010 fiscal year which begins on April 1, 2009.

Tags: darkworks, i-am-alive, ubisoft, ubisoft-shanghai