Games industry veteran andGears of Warcreator Cliff Bleszinski, also known as CliffyB, has teased the potential return of the short-lived arena shooterLawBreakers. Bleszinski left theGears of Warseries in 2012 and later helped found the studio Boss Key Productions, which developedLawBreakers.Cliff Bleszinski has a long history of work in the gaming industry but is most well known for his contributions to theUnrealandGears of Warseries, which helped put developer Epic Games on the map. Following his departure from the company in 2012, he helped found Boss Key Productions, which released the arena shooterLawBreakersand the battle royale gameRadical Heights.AlthoughLawBreakersreceived mostly positive reviews, neither title performed well commercially. Both games were officially discontinued whenBoss Key Productions shut downin May 2018.RELATED:The Coalition is Hiring for a Gears of War GameNews surrounding either of these games was all quiet until Bleszinski cryptically broughtLawBreakersback into the public eye. On April 13, he tweeted that he had gotten a text from his lawyer regardingLawBreakers.Bleszinski gave no other information other than telling fans to “stay tuned.” This mystified many in the gaming community who likely had not thought of the game in years. Thelaunch numbers forLawBreakerswere some of the lowest ever seen, descending even lower than those of the similarly fatedBattleborn.
Bleszinski would add to this Twitter thread by airing his grievances over the gaming community’s lackluster support ofLawBreakers, lashing out at those who did not support the title sooner and lamenting the fate of Boss Key Productions. He left out any mention of the battle royale gameRadical Heights, likely becauseRadical Heightslost nearly all of its players in two weeksand was poorly received by critics. This suggests thatLawBreakersis the only franchise of Bleszinski’s that is likely to be making any kind of comeback soon.
LawBreakerswas released at a time in which the arena shooter genre was a major trend following the strong success ofOverwatch. However, arena shooters are no longer as in vogue today, partly due to the release of some of thehighest-rated battle royale gamessuch asFortnite,Apex Legends, andCall of Duty: Warzone. If done right, a newLawBreakersgame would be in a much better position to succeed and would not blend into the crowd as much. With the aforementioned tweets being all there is to see ofLawBreakersat the moment, it will likely be some time before fans see what comes from it.
