After yesterday’s news about Rodeo Games and their apparent shutdown after the less than optimal sales of their latest game release – Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch – it seems that the studio might not be as done as it sounded.

Despite the comments from Matthew Spencer, an ex-Rodeo staff member, the studio is not shutting down but rather “taking a break” according to the studio themselves. In the meantime they will continue to support their titles, both on mobile platforms and the ones that have made their way onto Steam.

However Deathwatch has cost the studio more than it managed to make back though, as the team is not developing any new games at the moment although they continue to work on the games they already have out and will make plans for future releases “at an appropriate time”.

“As reported some of the team left the studio back in November, after we’d shipped the iOS and PC versions of Deathwatch,” Rodeo told us via email. “Since then the core team have been working on new platforms for Deathwatch, one of which we’ll be announcing shortly!

“Despite Deathwatch being the best game we’ve created as a studio and our highest rated metacritic game, the changes in market have meant that we are unable to continue development as we’d initially planned. Coupled with some personal issues within the team, Rodeo Games are currently taking a break from developing any new titles. The team will continue to support our existing titles.”

They also took the time to thank fans, as well as Games Workshop who owns the Warhammer IP that the studio makes use of for their games.

“We’ll announce our plans for future releases at the appropriate time. We intend to carry on making the games we love, for the people who love them.”