In 2004, Cyan released two ' expansion packs ("To D'ni" and "The Path of the Shell") that included content originally intended for the online component. The same year, Ubisoft independently developed and released ', the second game in the series not developed by Cyan. In the following year, Cyan developed the final chapter in the Myst series, "". After "Myst V", the company laid off most of its employees due to financial difficulties, but shortly after rehired almost everyone after negotiating a deal with Turner Broadcasting. Prior to this, the company was working on an as yet unannounced project (reportedly named "Latus" by Richard A. Watson) and negotiating with an undisclosed publisher, but its status is now unclear, though Rand Miller made mention of it in August 2011 and confirmed its name as Latus.