Dying Light developer Techland is putting development of first-person dungeon brawler Hellraid on ice.

It seems the game was not coming together the way the studio hoped it would.

“We would like to officially announce that our dark fantasy FPP game Hellraid will not be released this year as previously planned, and the development of the game has been put on hold,” it wrote in a statement.

“In the recent months we conducted an internal analysis and came to the conclusion that Hellraid, in its current shape and form, is not meeting our own expectations for this project.

“Therefore, we decided the best course of action would be to send it back to the drawing board and invent our dark fantasy title anew.

“In the meantime, we will consolidate our development resources and focus on further expansion of our Dying Light franchise.”

Hellraid was initially expected to release in 2013 but delays saw it slip into 2014, and eventually, 2015.

Meanwhile, Dying Light has been the Dead Island and Call of Juarez creator’s biggest hit so far, hitting the 3.2 million player mark after just 45 days on sale.