Why did Phil Fish cancel Fez 2?
Fish (whose real name is Philippe Poisson; yes, really) revealed that Fez 2 was extremely early in development, which made the decision to cancel it easy. We weren’t that advanced, we didn’t have a whole lot to show other than the logo we showed,” he said. Fez won awards including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize and Eurogamer’s 2012 Game of the Year. It had sold one million copies by the end of 2013, and it influenced games such as Monument Valley, Crossy Road, and Secrets of Rætikon. A planned sequel was canceled when Fish abruptly left game development.