Saga Of Lucimia Development Continues Following The Departure Of Tim Anderson And His Brother

saga of lucimia ugorth plains art bannerLast week, reports circulated that Saga of Lucimia Creative Director Tim Anderson and his brother Joey Anderson have stepped back from the project as Tim works on a new novel and a travel blog with his wife courtesy of an earlier post on Patreon. Anderson said that Stormhaven Studios would retain rights to continue developing the game based on his sci-fi novels along with design documents that he created back in 2014. He was, however, failed to disclose his reason for leaving and his future role in the project.

Stormhaven Studios cleared things up in an official statement on the game’s forums:

“Timothy and Joseph Anderson have withdrawn as members of Stormhaven Studios LLC and no longer represent the company in any capacity. The remaining team wishes them well in their future endeavors and thanks them for their contributions to the project.

Stormhaven Studios remains committed to delivering an engaging MMORPG experience as development continues full steam ahead. Weekly testing sessions with the community have allowed the team to test critical infrastructure and gather feedback on game play features as they are introduced. At the current pace of production Stormhaven is confident in its ability to bring the product to launch in a timely manner.

A number of exciting announcements are on the horizon; stay tuned for future updates.”

The studio also responded to questions about the disappearance of certain pages in the game’s official site, including pre-orders.

“The shutting down of certain things this morning was planned specifically for this date and were planned before news of Tim's departure had been made known,” Stormhaven told MMORPG.com.

“[. . .] What I can say is there were legal reasons we couldn't officially announce things before today,” they continued. “I'd like to make the distinction that Tim and Joey aren't simply not involved, but are in fact no longer owners of Stormhaven Studios or connected to the company in any way as of today, March 15th.”

Saga of Lucimia is a high-fantasy, group-based, sandbox MMORPG based on Tim Anderson’s Dungeons & Dragons-inspired novels of the same name. The game has been in development since 2015 and is expected to launch in Q4 2021.