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Ori boss on why the studio's new action RPG isn't $70: "We're not hiring hundreds of people just to create an illusion for shareholders that we're growing"

No Rest for the Wicked.

No Rest for the Wicked, the Diablo-esque action RPG in the works at Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps studio Moon, won't be $70. CEO Thomas Mahler says the game's price point is down to the nature of the team, their shared stance on the rising price of games, and the notable lack of shareholders pawing at the company's books. 

"We've been hearing gamers complain about $70 being the new norm for quite a while now," Mahler says in a lengthy tweet. "We're also regularly still seeing $70 games with microtransactions on top and usually players hate that.

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