Annapurna
Interactive,
the
videogame
publishing
arm
of
Annapurna
Pictures,
is
in
some
trouble
right
now
as
all
of
its
staff
members
have
apparently
resigned
following
failed
attempts
to
spin
the
company
off.
Annapurna
Interactive
has
built
itself
a
reputation
for
publishing
high-quality
“indie”
titles
including
the
likes
of
Stray.
As
for
Annapurna
Pictures,
it
has
produced
and
financed
various
movies
such
as
Zero
Dark
Thirty,
Lawless
and
American
Hustle.
Advertisements
The
drama
has
been
building
for
a
while
now.
Last
week,
Hollywoodreporter.com
learned
that
Annapurna
Interactive
president
Nathan
Gary
was
stepping
down
and
leaving
the
company
entirely.
Deborah
Mars
and
Nathan
Vella,
the
co-heads
of
the
company,
were
also
reported
to
be
leaving.
Annapurna
Pictures
confirmed
this
news
on
September
6.
Now
however,
it
seems
ALL
of
Annapurna
Interactive’s
staff
has
resigned
following
failed
negotiations
to
spin-off
the
studio.
Bloomberg’s
Jason
Schreir
broke
the
news
in
a
lengthy
report.
The
news
was
then
confirmed
when
Annapurna
Pictures
CEO
issued
a
statement.
“Our
top
priority
is
continuing
to
support
our
developer
and
publishing
partners
during
this
transition,”
Ellison
told
Bloomberg
News.
“We’re
committed
to
not
only
our
existing
slate
of
games
but
also
expanding
our
presence
in
the
interactive
space
as
we
continue
to
look
for
opportunities
to
take
a
more
integrated
approach
to
linear
and
interactive
storytelling
across
film
and
TV,
gaming,
and
theater.”
Meanwhile,
Nathan
Gary
and
his
peers
also
issued
a
brief
statement,
saying:
“All
25
members
of
the
Annapurna
Interactive
team
collectively
resigned.
This
was
one
of
the
hardest
decisions
we
have
ever
had
to
make
and
we
did
not
take
this
action
lightly.”
A
new
president
of
Annapurna
Interactive
has
been
appointed
in
Hector
Sanchez
who
claims
that
the
company
will
honor
all
existing
contracts,
and
that
staff
will
be
replaced.
Sanchez
was
one
of
Annapurna
Interactive’s
original
co-founders
when
the
company
began
in
2016.
One
of
the
company’s
who
could
have
been
affected
by
the
sudden
collapse
of
Annapurna
Interactive
is
Remedy
who
just
recently
announced
a
deal
in
which
Annapurna
is
partially
funding
Control
2
in
return
for
the
film
and
TV
rights
to
Control
and
Alan
Wake.
Remedy’s
Communications
Director
Thomas
Puha
has
already
laid
these
concerns
to
rest,
though.
Speaking
on
X
he
states
that
the
deal
was
made
with
Annapurna
Pictures
and
that
they
are
still
self-publishing
Control
2.
Of
course,
for
all
the
other
companies
that
have
standing
deals
with
Annapurna
Interactive,
this
will
undoubtedly
be
a
worrying
time.
It’s
currently
unclear
as
to
what
happened
behind
the
scenes
to
cause
the
crumbling
of
Annapurna
Interactive.
Clearly
the
team
there
felt
strongly
about
being
spun-off
from
parent
company
Annapurna
Pictures,
but
why?
Did
they
feel
there
were
issues
with
leadership
in
the
parent
company?
Did
they
simply
want
more
autonomy?
Or
did
they
not
like
the
direction
Annapurna
Pictures
was
heading
in?
As
the
days
roll
on,
I’m
sure
more
information
will
come
to
light.
Over
the
years
the
Annapurna
Interactive
team
has
become
one
of
the
most
beloved
in
the
indie
gaming
space,
often
putting
their
names
behind
terrific
games.
While
Annapurna
Interactive
will
seemingly
continue
in
one
form
or
another,
without
the
same
people
at
the
wheel
will
it
be
able
to
achieve
the
same
success?
