Two years ago, developer Campo Santo unveiled In the Valley of Gods, the highly anticipated follow-up to its acclaimed narrative adventure Firewatch. Since then, there’s been little in the way of additional news, and now, Campo Santo has confirmed that the project, as was increasingly feared by fans, is officially “on hold”.
In the Valley of Gods, described as a “thrilling narrative adventure in first person” on its Steam page, was intended to follow the journey of filmmaker Rashida, as she explored the Egypt of the 1920s in search of an incredible archeological discovery with her companion Zora. Its first trailer, revealed during 2017’s Video Game Awards, looked breathtaking, and anticipation for its release, especially given the quality of Firewatch, was high.
Several months into 2018, though, Campo Santo announced that it had been acquired by Valve. Despite the move, the studio assured fans that it would still “maintain our jobs as video game developers and continue production on” In the Valley of Gods.
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Since then, however, there’s been a conspicuous lack of news on the game, something of a surprise given its originally announced release window of 2019. But it wasn’t until last month that fans seriously began to suspect the silence might be cause for concern.