Horror Game Studio Shuts Down Due To Cyberattacks, Poor Sales

Just two months after the third person action horror game came out, developer Jukai Studio abruptly shuttered its doors, citing myriad issues including poor game sales and multiple cyberattacks from an unknown perpetrator.The developer to announce the sudden closure. Part of the problem, Jukai Studio said, was ’ abysmal reception and sales, which made the team “completely unable to sustain the company.” , the studio’s debut project about a man uncovering the secrets of a haunted town, launched on October 25 to scathing reviews on and .

Despite just two core folks and several contracted individuals working on the game, according to Jukai Studio, things were ultimately too untenable to continue as is, particularly because of incessant cyberattacks. “We did everything in our power to bring [ ] to completion in the best possible form, but throughout the entire duration, we, our publisher staff, other publisher [developer] teams and our close ones were constantly attacked by a cyber persecutor, and some of you, as our community, were also tormented with unwanted messages and emails,” Jukai Studio said in a statement.

“We understand that you did not wish to continue actively supporting us for the obvious reasons mentioned above. The matter is now in the hands of our lawyers, so we cannot speak about it any further, but know that we will not abandon it despite the studio’s closure.” Jukai Studio’s closure came the same day as its publisher Versus Evil, the company behind excellent tactical RPG franchise , which also , just three months after its 10 year anniversary.

As a result, everyone who worked at Versus Evil was laid off, . Interestingly, despite Jukai Studio closing its doors, no one has technically been laid off because, as the team said, the developer “never functioned as a large corporation.” reached out to Jukai Studio and Versus Evil for comment.

Both Jukai Studio and Versus Evil recently thanked everyone who supported them over the years. “We hope that 2024 will be a year of positive changes in the world of game development,” Jukai Studio said. I hope so, too, especially as and of . It was truly a devastatingly tumultuous year for the games industry..