September 13 (Portaltic/EP) –
The employees of Annapurna Interactive resigned this month following a dispute with the owners over the failure to reach an agreement on the spin-off of the company to create an independent division focused on video games.
Annapurna Interactive is a subsidiary of Annapurna Pictures, founded in 2016 by Megan Ellison. It focuses on the distribution of video games created by independent studios and its catalogue includes titles such as Monument Valley, Outer Wilds and Stray.
This Thursday it was learned that the employees of Annapurna Interactive, including the president, Nathan Gary, have resigned from their positions at failure to reach an agreement on the company’s spin-off.
The negotiations were intended create a division focused on independent video games, as reported Bloombergciting a joint statement from Gary’s team and a company spokesperson.
Ellison, for his part, has assured Bloomberg News that they will continue to support development and publishing partners, and that their plans include covering more of the interactive space while continuing to “look for opportunities to take a more integrated approach to linear, interactive storytelling across film and television, games and theatre.”
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