Although LawBreakers was received positively following its August 2017 release, it underperformed commercially, leading the team to move on to develop a battle royale game instead of supporting LawBreakers in the long term.[4] Subsequently, Brussee left Boss Key Productions in December 2017, announcing that he had returned to Epic Games to work on an "exciting secret project".[5] The battle royale game, titled Radical Heights, was released in April 2018 as a Steam Early Access title, officially dubbed "X-Treme Early Access".[6] The game was received negatively by some critics, due to its very early state, and described as a mere "cash-in" in the light of the popularity of other battle royale games, such as PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Fortnite Battle Royale.[6]
On May 14, 2018, following the overall under-performance of both LawBreakers and Radical Heights, Bleszinski announced via Twitter that Boss Key Productions had shut down.[7] The studio previously had 65 employees as of September 2017.[8] According to Bleszinski, he did not take a salary for two years in order to pay for his employees so they "could care for their families."[9]
Following the success of the 2014 game Alien: Isolation, Boss Key had been in discussions with 20th Century Fox to make a first-person shooter game set in the Alien franchise, where the player would play as Newt, guided by Ripley, as she fought through xenomorphs in Earth-based labs where they were being studied by the Weyland-Yutani corporation, in a style similar to Half-Life series. However, the project had been shelved as a result of the merger of Fox into Disney.[10]
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^"North Carolina Secretary of State Business Registration Annual Report". North Carolina Secretary of State. from the original on May 15, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
^Osborn, Alex (June 12, 2017). "E3 2017: LawBreakers Release Date Announced". IGN. from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
^Crecente, Brian (April 9, 2018). "'Lawbreakers' Studio Boss Key Unveils Battle Royale Game 'Radical Heights'". Variety. from the original on May 2, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
^Kerr, Chris (December 11, 2017). "Boss Key co-founder Arjan Brussee departs to rejoin Epic Games". Gamasutra. from the original on January 10, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
^ abMachkovech, Sam (April 10, 2018). "CliffyB's Radical Heights is a new low for cashing in on the PUBG craze". Ars Technica. from the original on May 15, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
^Schreier, Jason (May 14, 2018). "Radical Heights Developer Boss Key Games Shuts Down". Kotaku. from the original on May 14, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
^Makuch, Eddie (September 15, 2017). "Cliff Bleszinski On LawBreakers: "I Have To Keep This Game Alive"". GameSpot. from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
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boss, productions, american, video, game, developer, based, raleigh, north, carolina, founded, april, 2014, cliff, bleszinski, arjan, brussee, formerly, epic, games, company, developed, lawbreakers, 2017, radical, heights, 2018, both, which, were, commercial, . Boss Key Productions Inc was an American video game developer based in Raleigh North Carolina Founded in April 2014 by Cliff Bleszinski and Arjan Brussee formerly of Epic Games the company developed LawBreakers 2017 and Radical Heights 2018 both of which were commercial failures effectively leading to the closure of the development team in May 2018 Boss Key Productions Inc TypePrivateIndustryVideo gamesFoundedApril 30 2014 9 years ago 2014 04 30 FoundersCliff BleszinskiArjan BrusseeDefunctMay 14 2018 5 years ago 2018 05 14 FateDissolvedHeadquartersRaleigh North Carolina USKey peopleCliff Bleszinski CEO ProductsLawBreakersNumber of employees65 2017 History edit nbsp Boss Key Productions at the 2016 Game Developers ConferenceBoss Key Productions was founded by former Epic Games employees Cliff Bleszinski and Arjan Brussee in Raleigh North Carolina on April 30 2014 1 2 The studio s inception and name were officially revealed on July 4 2014 with Bleszinski and Brussee helming the establishment as chief executive officer and chief operating officer respectively 1 Boss Key Productions first project was LawBreakers a first person shooter for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 3 Although LawBreakers was received positively following its August 2017 release it underperformed commercially leading the team to move on to develop a battle royale game instead of supporting LawBreakers in the long term 4 Subsequently Brussee left Boss Key Productions in December 2017 announcing that he had returned to Epic Games to work on an exciting secret project 5 The battle royale game titled Radical Heights was released in April 2018 as a Steam Early Access title officially dubbed X Treme Early Access 6 The game was received negatively by some critics due to its very early state and described as a mere cash in in the light of the popularity of other battle royale games such as PlayerUnknown s Battlegrounds and Fortnite Battle Royale 6 On May 14 2018 following the overall under performance of both LawBreakers and Radical Heights Bleszinski announced via Twitter that Boss Key Productions had shut down 7 The studio previously had 65 employees as of September 2017 8 According to Bleszinski he did not take a salary for two years in order to pay for his employees so they could care for their families 9 Following the success of the 2014 game Alien Isolation Boss Key had been in discussions with 20th Century Fox to make a first person shooter game set in the Alien franchise where the player would play as Newt guided by Ripley as she fought through xenomorphs in Earth based labs where they were being studied by the Weyland Yutani corporation in a style similar to Half Life series However the project had been shelved as a result of the merger of Fox into Disney 10 References edit a b Corriea Alexa Ray July 4 2014 Cliff Bleszinski creates Boss Key game studio with Guerrilla Games co founder Polygon Archived from the original on December 27 2016 Retrieved May 14 2018 North Carolina Secretary of State Business Registration Annual Report North Carolina Secretary of State Archived from the original on May 15 2018 Retrieved May 14 2018 Osborn Alex June 12 2017 E3 2017 LawBreakers Release Date Announced IGN Archived from the original on September 23 2017 Retrieved May 14 2018 Crecente Brian April 9 2018 Lawbreakers Studio Boss Key Unveils Battle Royale Game Radical Heights Variety Archived from the original on May 2 2018 Retrieved May 14 2018 Kerr Chris December 11 2017 Boss Key co founder Arjan Brussee departs to rejoin Epic Games Gamasutra Archived from the original on January 10 2018 Retrieved May 14 2018 a b Machkovech Sam April 10 2018 CliffyB s Radical Heights is a new low for cashing in on the PUBG craze Ars Technica Archived from the original on May 15 2018 Retrieved May 14 2018 Schreier Jason May 14 2018 Radical Heights Developer Boss Key Games Shuts Down Kotaku Archived from the original on May 14 2018 Retrieved May 14 2018 Makuch Eddie September 15 2017 Cliff Bleszinski On LawBreakers I Have To Keep This Game Alive GameSpot Archived from the original on June 12 2018 Retrieved May 14 2018 Lanier Liz Cliff Bleszinski Says He s Not Making Any More Games Variety Retrieved March 3 2020 Billcliffe James February 10 2020 Cliff Bleszinski s studio was in talks to make an Alien FPS where you played as Newt VG247 Retrieved February 10 2020 External links edit nbsp Media related to Boss Key Productions at Wikimedia Commons Portals nbsp Companies nbsp United States nbsp Video games Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Boss Key Productions amp oldid 1099873735, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
