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No One Can Afford to Make ‘Myst’ Games Anymore

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In the 1990s, the puzzle adventure game Myst sold more than 6 million copies—so many that WIRED credited it with sparking the widespread adoption of CD-ROM drives. It remained the bestselling PC game of all time until 2002, when The Sims set a new record. Last week—after four sequels, one spinoff, and five remakes—the creators of Myst released a trailer for a new game in the franchise. Codenamed Anglerfish, it’s a darker chapter in the Myst series where you, the player, are held hostage in a strange world. Your captor is a writer with a temper, voiced and motion captured in a stunning performance by Noshir Dalal, known for his work in Red Dead Redemption 2 , Horizon Forbidden West , and Ghost of Yōtei . Reactions to the trailer on YouTube were ecstatic. The only problem? Anglerfish died months ago when no one agreed to fund it. “Even the publishers who felt passionate about the project couldn't get their higher-ups to let the money flow,” says Eric A.…

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