From GameWatcher: "Cliff Bleszinski and developer Boss Key have announced that they are no longer working on LawBreakers and they will be abandoning further updates to the game to focus on new projects.
The troubled online shooter "failed to find enough of an audience to generate the funds necessary to keep it sustained", and are not planning a move to free-to-play as they do not have the funds for even that. You can see the full statement below."
An unofficial fan-made launcher for Nexon and Boss Key Productions' first-person shooter, Lawbreakers, has once again made the game playable after 6 years.
After six years since servers were killed off, LawBreakers is being revived in an unofficial capacity with playtests happening this weekend.
Hey, if Gigantic can garner enough attention it can happen for LawBreakers too. Funny thing is that both would share a similar story if going multiplatform:
-Gigantic remained Xbox One/PC until closure
-LawBreakers remained PS4/PC until closure
Cliff Bleszinksi, aka Cliffy B, opened Boss Key Productions in April 2014 and released the first-person shooter LawBreakers in 2017 for the PlayStation 4 and PC. The studio would close in May 2018 and the servers for the game would shut down in September 2018.
Bleszinksi shown interest in resurrecting LawBreakers. Publisher Nexon also owns the rights to the IP and Bleszinksi is open to talking with Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney.
Lawbreakers was never successful, and therefore not worth reviving. It was hero-shooter [incorrectly labeled as an arena] that failed cash in off the popularity of Overwatch.
LMAO I guess he really thought it was going to be competition.
This wasn't the only game that failed and claiming to be something entirely different.
Battleborn anyone?.
Battleborn flopped but had more going for it than Lawbreakers. Oh how i had wanted to like BB. It had solid art and characters and a campaign but the gameplay nor story were there.
I'm still amazed this guy opened a new studio, and then shut it down after their first game flopped. Your excuses didn't matter cause all that people got was their money taken, and a product they could no longer play.
at least they're not closing down their studio so that's good news.
Maybe don't make another shooter, we have so many these days, especially online based ones. I'd do something single player, story based and maybe a genre that we're lacking in like platforming.
Don't blame him honestly. Just take the loss and move on. In my opinion, just make a fantastic single player game. That will garner alot more attention and will be less risky if you play your cards right.
"I wanna make another billion dollar I.P." - Cliff Bleszinski
This is just happening now? lol.. I like the guy personally, he was kind of a douche but he had a personality and an enthusiasm. I hope his next venture turns out better than this. Maybe try making something gamers want instead of something he wants.