Cliff Bleszinski wants Nexon to bring LawBreakers back

Cliff Bleszinski left the games industry behind a few years ago, after having to shut down his studio, Boss Key Productions and its first major game, LawBreakers. LawBreakers has been delisted from Steam for years and is rarely talked about these days, However, Cliffy B recently learned that Nexon now owns the IP, and he is hoping to convince them to bring it back. 

LawBreakers came out in 2017, just one year after Overwatch, which was at the peak of its popularity at the time. The game was billed as a more serious, competitive and skill-based hero shooter. However, it failed to attract much of a player base, with just 7.5K peak concurrent players during its launch month.

Well, turns out Nexon does own the rights to LawBreakers. @owenmahoney how about sliding into my DMs so we can talk about a resurrection?

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) April 19, 2023

According to Cliff Bleszinski, Nexon now owns the rights to the game, and he is hoping that the publisher will revive the game. It has also been revealed recently that Boss Key's other game, Radical Heights, is now owned by Squanch Games, the studio most recently known for High On Life. Radical Heights was a last-ditch effort to save Boss Key Productions, delivering Battle Royale gameplay in keeping with industry trends at that time.

Whether or not LawBreakers will return still remains to be seen. Given that the game hasn't really achieved cult classic status, Nexon might not see much business sense in investing in the IP.

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