A French court ordered the liquidation of Midgar Studio on July 20, 2026, ending the Montpellier-area developer’s 18-year run and almost certainly ending Edge of Memories, the action RPG the studio had been building toward a late-2026 release. No buyer was found before the court’s deadline. It is the second permanent studio closure to fall from Nacon’s ongoing financial meltdown — and it arrived despite the team working, in founder Jérémy Zeler-Maury’s words, “until the very end” to find a way out, as Game Developer reported.
One Bond Default, Five Studios
The collapse that ended Midgar Studio began not in Montpellier but in the offices of Bigben Interactive, Nacon’s majority shareholder, which holds 56.72% of Nacon’s share capital…