{"id":2108538,"date":"2026-08-24T09:11:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T06:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2108538"},"modified":"2026-08-24T09:11:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T06:11:26","slug":"rumours-of-a-third-ori-game-are-nonsense-confirms-series-creator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2108538","title":{"rendered":"Rumours of a third Ori game are &#8220;nonsense&#8221;, confirms series creator"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Rumours of a third Ori game are &#8220;nonsense&#8221;, confirms series creator<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Will of the wisps.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/digitalfoundry-2020-ori-and-the-will-of-the-wisps-switch-inside-an-impossible-port-1601107591534.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"digitalfoundry-2020-ori-and-the-will-of-the-wisps-switch-inside-an-impossible-port-1601107591534.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"319\"><\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Staff Writer<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-24T09:11:26+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 24, 2026, 9:11 a.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ori-3-rumours-nonsense-series-creator-confirms?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          2 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"f58e8844-0437-4fe0-b8cf-396cf1f75c90\" data-name=\"No Rest For The Wicked\" data-follow-text=\"Follow No Rest For The Wicked\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following No Rest For The Wicked\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow No Rest For The Wicked\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following No Rest For The Wicked\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow No Rest For The Wicked\" title=\"Follow No Rest For The Wicked\"><br \/>\n  Follow No Rest For The Wicked<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Rumours of a new Ori game are &#8220;nonsense&#8221;, confirms series creator Thomas Maher.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on social media, the CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/ori-and-the-will-of-the-wisps\">Ori and the Will of the Wisps<\/a> developer Moon Studios rebuked circulating whispers of a third entry in the beloved platforming adventure series, instead re-emphasising that work on the action-RPG No Rest for the Wicked continues in earnest. Rumours about a new game in the beloved Metroidvania series seemed to originate from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/xbox-game-studios-ot-38.1592677\/page-37#post-159460228\">a post over on Resetera<\/a>, which then started making its way around social media platforms. But, it seems, there is no truth to any of it.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"No Rest For The Wicked - Official 1.0 Release Window Trailer | State of Play 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6i2DhlQGPpE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/6i2DhlQGPpE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">No Rest For The Wicked &#8211; Official 1.0 Release Window Trailer | State of Play 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the No Rest for the Wicked 1.0 release date trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6i2DhlQGPpE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I can confirm that the Ori 3 rumors are nonsense,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thomasmahler\/status\/2091588849088815270\">Maher wrote on X<\/a>. &#8220;That said, I had Gareth [Coker] (composer for the Ori series) over for dinner a while ago since he was recording the No Rest for the Wicked Soundtrack in Vienna (you folks will love it!) and even he asked me if we&#8217;d be ready to do another one. &#8216;It&#8217;s time&#8217;, he said!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The last game in the Ori series &#8211; Ori and the Will of the Wisps &#8211; was a direct sequel to 2017&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/ori-and-the-blind-forest\">Ori and the Blind Forest<\/a>, and launched in 2020 for Xbox One and PC. It was a good game,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ori-and-the-will-of-the-wisp-masterful-metroidvania-hampered-by-technical-problems\"> but launched in quite a rough state<\/a>. Since then, the series has also come to Nintendo Switch but not PS5.<\/p>\n<p>According to a 2022 report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ori-and-the-blind-forest-developer-accused-of-bullying-staff\">Moon Studios was a toxic workplace environment beset with mismanagement issues<\/a> during the development of the Ori series, which studio leads Maher and Korol rejected. Since then, the studio&#8217;s focus has been entirely on No Rest for the Wicked, which launched into Early Access in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/no-rest-for-the-wicked-early-access-review-a-shaky-start-but-theres-potential\">That game launched a bit shakily<\/a>, but over the past two years has earned a very positive player Steam review score through consistent gameplay improvements and major updates. That game is scheduled to release into 1.0 in October of this year for PC and PS5.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Rumours of a new Ori game are &#8220;nonsense&#8221;, confirms series creator Thomas Maher.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on social media, the CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/ori-and-the-will-of-the-wisps\">Ori and the Will of the Wisps<\/a> developer Moon Studios rebuked circulating whispers of a third entry in the beloved platforming adventure series, instead re-emphasising that work on the action-RPG No Rest for the Wicked continues in earnest. Rumours about a new game in the beloved Metroidvania series seemed to originate from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/xbox-game-studios-ot-38.1592677\/page-37#post-159460228\">a post over on Resetera<\/a>, which then started making its way around social media platforms. But, it seems, there is no truth to any of it.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"No Rest For The Wicked - Official 1.0 Release Window Trailer | State of Play 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6i2DhlQGPpE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/6i2DhlQGPpE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">No Rest For The Wicked &#8211; Official 1.0 Release Window Trailer | State of Play 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the No Rest for the Wicked 1.0 release date trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6i2DhlQGPpE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I can confirm that the Ori 3 rumors are nonsense,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thomasmahler\/status\/2091588849088815270\">Maher wrote on X<\/a>. &#8220;That said, I had Gareth [Coker] (composer for the Ori series) over for dinner a while ago since he was recording the No Rest for the Wicked Soundtrack in Vienna (you folks will love it!) and even he asked me if we&#8217;d be ready to do another one. &#8216;It&#8217;s time&#8217;, he said!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The last game in the Ori series &#8211; Ori and the Will of the Wisps &#8211; was a direct sequel to 2017&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/ori-and-the-blind-forest\">Ori and the Blind Forest<\/a>, and launched in 2020 for Xbox One and PC. It was a good game,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ori-and-the-will-of-the-wisp-masterful-metroidvania-hampered-by-technical-problems\"> but launched in quite a rough state<\/a>. Since then, the series has also come to Nintendo Switch but not PS5.<\/p>\n<p>According to a 2022 report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ori-and-the-blind-forest-developer-accused-of-bullying-staff\">Moon Studios was a toxic workplace environment beset with mismanagement issues<\/a> during the development of the Ori series, which studio leads Maher and Korol rejected. Since then, the studio&#8217;s focus has been entirely on No Rest for the Wicked, which launched into Early Access in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/no-rest-for-the-wicked-early-access-review-a-shaky-start-but-theres-potential\">That game launched a bit shakily<\/a>, but over the past two years has earned a very positive player Steam review score through consistent gameplay improvements and major updates. That game is scheduled to release into 1.0 in October of this year for PC and PS5.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Rumours of a third Ori game are &#8220;nonsense&#8221;, confirms series creator Will of the wisps. News by Connor Makar Staff Writer Published on Aug. 24, 2026, 9:11 a.m. 2 comments Follow No Rest For The Wicked Rumours of a new Ori game are &#8220;nonsense&#8221;, confirms series creator Thomas Maher. 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