A studio says it plainly
Raw Power Games has told its players, in plain words, that without funding it can’t keep building Chronicles: Medieval. It’s the kind of message studios usually deliver after the fact, if at all.
The studio, which works from Copenhagen and remotely, posted the statement to the game’s Steam page on 30 October (13:26 UTC). “Due to circumstances outside our control, the necessary funding behind Raw Power Games is no longer in place,” it wrote, adding that “right now the studio is at real risk of closing.”
What the statement doesn’t say
“Circumstances outside our control” is all the explanation there is. The statement doesn’t name an investor, a publisher or a number of people affected, and WarpPipes’ news digest also noted that it gives no further detail. We’re not going to guess at causes, and we’d suggest nobody else does either.
What it does say is blunt: “We’re not going to sugarcoat. You deserve to hear it plainly, and directly from us.” Closure news has been a regular part of our coverage lately, from Ubisoft’s proposal to close Trials studio RedLynx to Funcom’s staff cuts, and those involve big companies. This one comes from a team that signs off “With love and gratitude.”
Close to Early Access
The timing is what stings. In an earlier Steam update, the studio said it had decided to move Early Access to early 2027, and the store page still lists the release as 2027 with no firmer date. In the new statement the team says “Early Access is within reach” and that “the world we’ve been building for years is finally starting to feel alive.”
Steam describes Chronicles: Medieval as a medieval sandbox set in the age of the Hundred Years’ War, where you command troops in real time in battles with hundreds of soldiers. Steam lists it for Windows PC only. For a contrast with a game that has an Early Access launch lined up, see Arkheron’s Early Access launch.
The ask is small
The studio says “real talks are taking place with everyone who might help us find a way forward,” and it can’t promise a happy ending. It does promise to be honest the whole way through, and that players “will hear it from us first.”
Its request to players is modest: “keep Chronicles: Medieval on your wishlist and keep talking about it. It matters more right now than you might think.” We can’t tell you whether wishlists will change the outcome, and the studio doesn’t claim they will. But keeping a game on a wishlist costs nothing, and it’s a fair way for anyone who wants this game to say so.
We think the studio’s candour is worth noting whatever happens next. A team that tells you it might close, and promises you’ll hear the next update from them first, has set itself a standard it will now be held to. The next word has to come from Raw Power Games, and we’ll be watching its Steam page for it.
