 But the global financial crisis "changed the terms in Hollywood [and] greatly reduced the chance of success".Publishers became even more risk-averse and Lanning realised it was going to be an "up-hill battle" to get the movie off the ground.Being a smaller company affected by the financial constraints more than bigger game developers, Lanning decided to put "Citizen Siege", "Wage Wars" and all other associated projects from this era on hold.