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Godfall Developer May Have Shut Down
Counterplay Games, the studio behind the once-PlayStation-exclusive Godfall, appears to have shut down as the industry continues to face hardships.
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Counterplay Games, the developer behind Godfall, may have quietly shut down, according to the LinkedIn profile of an employee from another studio. The company has been quiet since the release of its loot-heavy hack-and-slash PS5 launch title, making no game announcements since the 2020 title. Now it seems that the studio may be no more, as the Godfall developers seem to have disbanded.
Despite being the first title announced for the PlayStation 5, Counterplay's lone title never made much of an impression on gamers. Even following a massive update in 2021, Godfall suffered from repetitive gameplay and a story that largely fell flat. As such, it didn't sell well and struggled to maintain a significant player base. Its reception wasn't entirely negative, but its poor overall performance may have been too much for its studio to withstand.
The news of the developer's shutdown comes from a LinkedIn post made by an employee of Jackalyptic Games and shared by PlayStation Lifestyle. According to the note, Jackalyptic was collaborating with Counterplay on a new title, but the project didn't make it to 2025 and Counterplay Games subsequently "disbanded." Counterplay has yet to make any statement on the topic, but the wording of the post makes it seem like it would've been a relatively recent event, with the developer possibly disbanding around the end of 2024. It's also worth noting that Counterplay hasn't revealed much since bringing Godfall to Xbox on April 7, 2022, so a silent disbandment isn't necessarily shocking.
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