Remember LawBreakers? The 2017 PS4 & PC shooter was perhaps Cliff Bleszinski's most high profile release following the famous designer's departure from the Gears of War franchise. Around release the game didn't manage to retain its player base, before ultimately being shut down - but is the ill-fated FPS on for a revival?
Well... we're not so sure, but 'Cliffy B' is teasing something to with the title. The former Epic Games dev took to Twitter yesterday to post a somewhat cryptic tweet about his lawyer providing some fresh information on LawBreakers. Other than that hidden revelation, he's told us to "stay tuned".
In the time since the game's 2017 launch, Cliffy B has been pretty candid about his time heading up developer Boss Key Productions, and some of the mistakes that were made around launching LawBreakers. Fans of Bleszinski's previous work on Gears often pointed at the lack of an Xbox release being a potential factor — given his history with the brand — and even Cliffy B himself admitted it would have probably been a good idea to launch LawBreakers on Xbox.
Of course, hindsight is 20-20 and we don't have the data on how much an Xbox release would have helped. Still, in the era of Xbox Game Pass we could see LawBreakers getting a solid second chance - there was definitely a decent core to this game under the hood!
What do you make of this tweet? Do you expect to see the game make a comeback, potentially on Xbox? Let us know your thoughts.
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There's a reason it died, no reason to revive it.
I played a bit in PS4 and it was a nice twist on the genre but, yeah, died off quickly. I wouldn’t mind it getting a second chance on GamePass. It was fun and a built in player base may work to make it more successful.
I'd rather see the talent used to develop a new IP myself.
This one had its chance and ultimately didnt amount to much.
He threw Xbox fan base under the bus who probably was the reason people knew his name in the first place. I feel like he's a disgrace to the industry and this kind of behavior shouldn't be tolerated. And people paid him due diligence by letting his game rot.
It was fun but i can't say i care if it ever comes back. The market is too grounded more so then it was when it originally released so why bother?
-Insert Ryan Reynolds gif-
But, why?
Why bother, we don't need a dead game
Games release dead on arrival all the time these days and they're out there digging up old corpses hoping they come back to life?
I think arena shooter time has come and gone, after halo and now cod, nobody seems to play the genre anymore, even on pc.
@Sebatrox flop ≠ bad.
Good thing this game was bad too.
One of my favorite games of all time. You guys missed out. I think about it every time I play Overwatch...that game feels like I'm walking in molasses compared to Lawbreakers. Only D.Va can remotely, REMOTELY emulate the freedom of movement Lawbreakers had. Not even to mention the map design and class balance. Man that was fun.
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