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is not going to be playable for much longer. Developer Firewalk Studios says it will take the game offline on September 6, justdigitally and Sony will refund everyone who bought the $40 game on PlayStation 5, Steam and the Epic Games Store. Those who bought a physical copy can return it to the point of purchase to get their money back.
"While many qualities of the experience resonated with players, we also recognize that other aspects of the game and our initial launch didn’t land the way we’d intended," game director Ryan Ellis wrote on the. The game debuted to middling reviews. It never had more than 700 concurrent players on Steam after its official launch, which is an abysmal result for a fairly high-profile game.
It's very uncommon for a major publisher to pull a game offline so soon after its debut. The most recent one that springs to mind is Amazon'sdidn't take off, from its so-so gameplay and lack of captivating characters to heavyweight competition from other free-to-play team shooters including
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