Jake Solomon is strategy gaming royalty, having worked on numerous Firaxis classics before leading the beloved 2012 XCOM reboot at the studio. He left Firaxis in 2023 to co-found Midsummer Studios, but sadly it seems the company is shutting down before it could ship its first game: an AI-powered life sim that could be succinctly described as The Sims meets The Truman Show.
"We built a studio, we made a game, and I'm really proud of both," Solomon says on Twitter. "Before we close the doors at Midsummer Studios I'd like to share a glimpse of Burbank, the game we poured our hearts into. It's like 'Life Sims + The Truman Show,' but it's more than that. I believe people are storytellers, and I want them to share whatever stories and characters they can dream up. Burbank let's you do that."
