The video games business is an oft-cruel place. For each sport that will get greenlit for manufacturing, one other dozen concepts are rejected. With his studio – Boss Key Productions – now closing its doors after the failure of Radical Heights, head man and former Epic lead Cliff Bleszinski has been sharing concept art and pitches on...
After LawBreakers didn’t strike it wealthy, many noticed studio Boss Key’s resolution to rush-release ’80s game-show themed battle royale Radical Heights as proof that the studio was in jeopardy, and that pushing the sport out with just one half-finished map accessible was a wild spin on the wheel of fortune. While beginning out free-to-play ensured that...
At a GDC panel today, Boss Key Productions announced that LawBreakers would not be free to play as originally announced. Members of the panel, which included CEO Cliff Bleszinski and COO Arjan Brussee, explained that the model no longer made sense with the direction they were taking the game. Bleszinski pointed out that they “didn’t want...
