Blizzard's cancelled survival game, Odyssey, reportedly killed due to its engine

This has not been a good week for game developers in general, but that's especially true for the 1,900 staff (8%) Microsoft laid off from its video games division.

Thanks to a new Bloomberg report, we now know that Odyssey spent over six years in development...Unfortunately, the tech powering the game is where its troubles began, and it is what eventually lead to development ceasing.

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