Concord

This page details pre-release information and/or media for Concord.

To do:

Pre-shutdown 2024 coverage
Missing info from here and here. Do not plagiarize 1-for-1!
Adrian Bush has some cancelled projects which may or may not have been concepts pitched to Firewalk before Concord came to be.
There's an early 3D model of a character with a more stylised look! Where is this from?
Stuff by noax.design. There's a lot.
A large collection of props by Rachel Frick.
Character reference sheets and early designs by Amanda Kiefer.

Concord may have only truly lasted for about 18 or so days total over its Open Beta and release, but it sure did have a lengthy development to speak of.

Development Timeline#

2018

Firewalk Studios is formed as a subsidiary of ProbablyMonsters, and includes staff members Tony Hsu from Activision and Ryan Ellis who worked on the Destiny games together.
Conceptualisation for a multiplayer game later to become Concord begins.

2021

January 23 - The FirewalkStudios.com domain redirects to the ProbablyMonsters website.¹
April 22 - Sony Interactive Entertainment announces that they show interest and begins investing into ProbablyMonsters, and more importantly Firewalk via a partnership for an AAA multiplayer title. Head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst sees interest in development builds of a "multiplayer game", that being Concord. It's also mentioned that Sony is interested in Firewalk's in-development game as a new IP.² The FirewalkStudios.com domain redirects to the current Firewalk Studios website.³

2023

April 20 - Sony acquires Firewalk from ProbablyMonsters for an undisclosed sum. PS5 and PC versions of Concord are confirmed along with a partnership with Bungie and Haven Studios.⁴ ⁵
May 24 - A teaser trailer is shown off, with a projected release for sometime in 2024.⁶

2024

July 12-14 - An Open Beta session is held.
July 18-21 - A second Open Beta session is held, with a different map selection than the first session.
August 23 - Concord is released worldwide.