Fans react to the Annapurna Interactive implosion, and it's not pretty

Indie game fans have been taken aback by events at Annapurna Interactive, as the entire game division's staff resigned en masse after failing to agree to terms with owner Megan Ellison. It marks a turning point for the innovative game publisher see as a bastion of 'arthouse' design in the games industry, and it has rocked many fans.

Megan Ellison, founder of Annapurna Pictures, created the game division with the aim of crafting contemporary, thoughtful and inventive video games. The aim was to put artists first and develop the aesthetic and language of video games in new, interesting ways. In recent years Annapurna Interactive has published some of the best indie gaming, challenging titles, such as Kentucky Route Zero, What Remains of Edith Finch, Outer Wilds and cat-adventure Stray.

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Editor, Digital Arts & 3D

Ian Dean is Editor, Digital Arts & 3D at Creative Bloq, and the former editor of many leading magazines. These titles included ImagineFX, 3D World and video game titles Play and Official PlayStation Magazine. Ian launched Xbox magazine X360 and edited PlayStation World. For Creative Bloq, Ian combines his experiences to bring the latest news on digital art, VFX and video games and tech, and in his spare time he doodles in Procreate, ArtRage, and Rebelle while finding time to play Xbox and PS5.

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