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We all know the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise. A series of horror games set in a spooky pizzeria with haunted killer animatronics, five entries were released within the span of two years created by a dev team of only one man. It would appear that the Freddy train has potentially come to a halt, as developer Scott Cawthon announced on June 30 via Steam update that he would be no longer working on the next main entry to the franchise.
Scott gave a number of reasons as to why he made the decision, citing the pressure to do better than the previous entries in the franchise, as well as neglecting other things happening in his life to try and meet said expectations. Unlike other smaller teams however, Scott will not be discussing or revealing anything about the cancelled game, and would prefer not to talk about it anymore.
That being said, Scott confirmed he wouldn’t be done with the franchise as a whole, nor would it be going away anytime soon. An interest was shown in doing different kinds of genres with the settings and characters from the franchise, like a pizzeria tycoon game, as he found working on the mini-games in the FNAF World spinoff to be fun and more relaxing due to being more for the fans. Scott also reminded fans that they still had things to look forward to, such as the movie that’s currently in production at Blumhouse Productions, potentially another novel based on the series, and even a VR game. Finally, he gave a shout-out to the fan-games he needed to catch up on and even listed some of them, which is a really cool thing to do.
Overall, I am a bit saddened by the cancellation. I enjoyed seeing the settings that Scott built and how he changed things with each entry, but I understand why. If you’re not enjoying something, there’s no reason to continue it, and Scott’s in the lucky position where he’s able to change that. In addition, family should always come first, and I fully support him on that. That being said, given his history on fake-outs for delays and cancellations, there is a chance this is all a lie. On one hand, if the cancellation is real, oh well, good for him. On the other hand, if it’s fake, nice job, you got me, I look forward to seeing the new game…
An Update on the Project [Steam]