#midsummer-studios

PC Gamer reports that former XCOM creative lead Jake Solomon is closing Midsummer Studios before its debut game ships. The studio also showed an early look at the canceled project, a dramatic life sim called Burbank, and said it could not reach a version worth asking players to spend their time on.

PC Gamer reports on February 19, 2026 that XCOM designer Jake Solomon announced a surprise studio shutdown, with first public materials for the canceled life sim Burbank.