History VideoGame / LawBreakers

The blame for this failure was caused by multiple reasons: it was laid upon the feet of Bleszinski for his overly aggressive hype generation such as calling it "the start of a billion dollar IP", being pigeonholed by potential fans reacting to said hype as an "overly edgy & bland" ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' clone, launching into a completely saturated market for {{Hero Shooter}}s, picking the UsefulNotes/Playstation4 over the more active multiplayer scene on the UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and the decision to cancel the intended launch as a free to play game to charge money.

''[=LawBreakers=]'' was a HeroShooter developed by Boss Key Productions, led by Creator/CliffBleszinski, was published by Creator/{{Nexon}}, and was available on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. It released on August 8, 2017 and was [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames shut down]] on September 14, 2018.

The blame for this failure was caused by multiple reasons: it was laid upon the feet of Bleszinski for his overly aggressive hype generation such as calling it "the start of a billion dollar IP", being pigeonholed by potential fans reacting to said hype as an "overly edgy & bland" ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' clone, launching into a completely saturated market for {{Hero Shooter}}s, picking the UsefulNotes/Playstation4 over the more active multiplayer scene on the UsefulNots/XboxOne, and the decision to cancel the intended launch as a free to play game to charge money.

The blame for this failure was caused by multiple reasons: it was laid upon the feet of Bleszinski for his overly aggressive hype generation such as calling it "the start of a billion dollar IP", being pigeonholed by potential fans reacting to said hype as an "overly edgy & bland" ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' clone, launching into a completely saturated market for {{Hero Shooter}}s, picking the UsefulNotes/Playstation4 over the more active multiplayer scene on the Xbox One, and the decision to cancel the intended launch as a free to play game to charge money.

The blame for this failure was caused by multiple reasons: it was laid upon the feet of Bleszinski for his overly aggressive hype generation such as calling it "the start of a billion dollar IP", being pigeonholed by potential fans reacting to said hype as an "overly edgy & bland" ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' clone, launching into a completely saturated market for Hero Shooters, picking the Playstation 4 over the more active multiplayer scene on the Xbox One, and the decision to cancel the intended launch as a free to play game to charge money.

''[=LawBreakers=]'' was a HeroShooter developed by Boss Key Productions, led by Cliff Bleszinski of ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'' and ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' fame, was published by Creator/{{Nexon}}, and was available on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. It released on August 8, 2017 and was [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames shut down]] on September 14, 2018.

In storyline of the game is that in 2049 a mysterious cataclysmic disaster known as the Shattering completely destroyed Earth's moon. Fifty years later, much of Earth is still uninhabitable. With boiling oceans and huge storms engulfing the planet, what few areas remain are subject to gravitational instability and lawlessness. The gravitational shifts have lead to a boom in technological advancements surrounding the phenomenon. The US Government and other nations form together the '''T'''ransnational '''A'''uthority of '''S'''upplement '''C'''ontrol to help maintain order, but there are many criminals, as well as the Shura Corporation, who are more than capable of putting up a fight.

In 2049, a mysterious cataclysmic disaster known as the Shattering completely destroyed Earth's moon. Fifty years later, much of Earth is still uninhabitable. With boiling oceans and huge storms engulfing the planet, what few areas remain are subject to gravitational instability and lawlessness. The gravitational shifts have lead to a boom in technological advancements surrounding the phenomenon. The US Government and other nations form together the '''T'''ransnational '''A'''uthority of '''S'''upplement '''C'''ontrol to help maintain order, but there are many criminals, as well as the Shura Corporation, who are more than capable of putting up a fight.

The failure of Lawbreakers saw Boss Key release their 80's Retro styled ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' clone ''Radical Heights'' in what Boss Key called "X-treme Early Access", in a dire attempt to generate revenue but it also failed to gain an audience... also due to launching in a completely saturated market, this time for ''Fortnite''-style games. The studio closed its doors in mid 2018. Both games remained online for a few months after until the permanent shutdown of ''Lawbreakers'' servers in September 2018.

-->[[AC:[[Film/Terminator2 I'll be back. / Hasta la vista, baby!]]\\

The failure of Lawbreakers saw Boss Key release their 80's Retro styled ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' clone ''Radical Heights'' in what Boss Key called "X-treme Early Access", in a dire attempt to generate revenue but it also failed to gain an audience... also due to launching in a completely saturated market, this time for ''Fortnite''-style games. The studio closed its doors in mid 2018. Both games remained online for a few months after until the permanent shutdown of Lawbreakers servers in September 2018.

''[=LawBreakers=]'' was a HeroShooter developed by Boss Key Productions, led by Cliff Bleszinski of ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'' and ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' fame, was published by Creator/{{Nexon}}, and was available on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. It released on August 8, 2017 and was shutdown on September 14, 2018.