Cliff Bleszinski’s Boss Key Productions shuts down after three years

Enlarge / A scene from Lawbreakers (credit: Nexon / Boss Key)

Boss Key Productions, the studio behind gravity-bending shooter Lawbreakers and '80s-themed battle royale game Radical Heights has shut down. Founder Cliff Bleszinski, previously best known for his role as director on the Gears of War series, announced the studio was "effectively no more" Monday afternoon on Twitter.

"Lawbreakers was a great game that unfortunately failed to gain traction, and in a last-ditch attempt we scrambled to do our take on the huge battle royale genre with Radical Heights which was well received, however, it was too late," Bleszinski's statement says, in part. He adds that while "videogames will forever be a part of who I am, and I hope to make something new someday," he will be "tak[ing] some time off to reflect" in the near term.

After decades as a major public face of Epic Games, Bleszinski retired from the company in 2012 only to announce a comeback by forming Boss Key in April of 2014. What started as Project Bluestreak would eventually become Lawbreakers, which Boss Key launched in 2017 after extensive public demonstrations, beta tests, and gameplay tweaking.

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