Outriders developer People Can Fly has announced that they are parting ways with Take-Two, the publisher of its upcoming game codenamed Project Dagger. In a statement published earlier today, they revealed that they received a letter from Take-Two who terminated their agreement.

However, People Can Fly will retain ownership of the IP and the game, so they are free to self-publish Project Dagger or seek a new publisher. They will still be required to pay back Take-Two for the funding costs. Project Dagger has been in development for two years at People Can Fly’s New York studio. However, there are no details about the game, besides it being a new action-adventure IP.

In a statement, People Can Fly CEO Sebastian Wojciechowski said:

“I assume we will part on good terms, and I don’t see reasons why we couldn’t work with Take-Two on some other project in the future. We strongly believe in the Project Dagger’s potential and are now committed to continue its development within our self-publishing pipeline. The game is still in pre-production – our team is now focusing on closing combat and game loops and migrate from UE4 to UE5. I’m conscious that this decision will add investments on us, but self-publishing is part of our strategy. Of course, we are not ruling out working with a new publisher if this creates a compelling business opportunity.”

In the meantime, check out our review of Outriders here.