{"id":712905,"date":"2026-02-21T19:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T16:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/midsummer-studios-to-shut-down\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T19:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T16:05:10","slug":"midsummer-studios-to-shut-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/midsummer-studios-to-shut-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Midsummer Studios to shut down"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22d1ce52f4a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22d1ce52f4a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/midsummer-studios-to-shut-down\/#Pre-Alpha_Footage\" >Pre-Alpha Footage<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Midsummer Studios, which was established in May 2024 by a team of veteran developers behind <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s such as <em>Sid Meier\u2019s Civilization<\/em>, <em>XCOM<\/em>, and <em>The Sims<\/em>, will shut down, co-founder and creative director Jake Solomon <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SolomonJake\/status\/2024510423190430181\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a>. <span id=\"more-1028102\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe built a studio, we made a game, and I\u2019m really proud of both,\u201d Solomon said. \u201cBefore we close the doors at Midsummer Studios I\u2019d like to share a glimpse of <em>Burbank<\/em>, the game we poured our hearts into.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Burbank<\/em>, the studio\u2019s game that was in development, is described as \u201clike \u2018Life Sims + <em>The Truman Show<\/em>,&#8217;\u201d but \u201cmore than that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Solomon explained, \u201cI believe people are storytellers, and I want them to share whatever stories and characters they can dream up. Burbank let\u2019s you do that. We have moments playing this game where characters come alive in a way we\u2019ve never experienced. And for an old game developer like me that\u2019s special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the footage below.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pre-Alpha_Footage\"><\/span><span>Pre-Alpha Footage<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><!-- AD: content --><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Burbank (Midsummer Studios) - Pre-Alpha Footage\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T8Y0rgh-o_A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Game <\/a><\/span>category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/2026\/02\/midsummer-studios-to-shut-down\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Midsummer Studios, which was established in May 2024 by a team of veteran developers behind games such as Sid Meier\u2019s Civilization, XCOM, and The Sims, will shut down, co-founder and creative director Jake Solomon announced. \u201cWe built a studio, we made a game, and I\u2019m really proud of both,\u201d Solomon said. \u201cBefore we close the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":712906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Midsummer_02-19-26.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[25623,79669,160700],"class_list":["post-712905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game","tag-clips","tag-gameplay","tag-midsummer-studios"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}