 Several ideas from "Defiance" were used to craft a new concept for "Stormlands", a game the studio successfully pitched to Microsoft as a potential launch title for the Xbox One in 2012.Urquhart noted that "Stormlands" bore more resemblance to "Fury" than "Defiance" at this point.However, due to uncertainty in the video game market at that time, the game was canceled, and Obsidian was forced to release 30 of its employees and put the studio at serious financial instability; however, the studio held onto the rights for "Stormlands".