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Kwalee Labs shut down following launch of Luna Abyss
Kwalee Labs, the developer behind the well-received PC and PS5 shooter Luna Abyss, has been shuttered only a month after the game launched. The firm was originally founded as Bonsai Collective, which Kwalee purchased out of administration in September, according to a LinkedIn post by former creative director Benni Hill.
Kwalee lays off the entire Luna Abyss development team as one of this year's overlooked bullet-hell games falls victim to an overcrowded release schedule
May was a remarkably busy month for high-profile game releases, which could explain why Luna Abyss' launch went relatively unnoticed on PC and current-gen consoles. It's a sci-fi bullet-hell shooter that seemed to review pretty well, but despite that, the entire development team at Kwalee Labs has been laid off.
The team responsible for Luna Abyss was fired by Kwalee less than a month after the game's release, which received positive reviews for its action and exploration. Kwalee dismissed the entire development team of Luna Abyss, the first-person action game released on May 21st. The project was created by Kwalee Labs, a studio formerly known as Bonsai Collective, which became part of the British publisher after an acquisition through a management pro…
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