Rising Battle Royale Star ‘Radical Heights’ Crashes And Burns With Studio Closure

“Radical Heights” is the new addition to the Battle Royale genre with an overt 70s disco theme. When it launched on Steam, it saw a surprising level of success among players who wanted to check out the new kid on the block. Unfortunately, it seems this sudden popularity is short-lived as the development studio behind the game, Boss Key Productions is shutting down.

The closure of the studio was announced by its founder, Cliff Bleszinski via Twitter. The message noted that while their new game was well-received, its success came too late to save it from its failure with a previous game in Lawbreakers.

"As of today, Boss Key Productions is effectively no more," the message reads. "Four years ago I set out to make a world class video game studio and I hired some of the best talent in the video game industry. They worked tirelessly to produce quality products and, while we had our ups and downs, I'd like to think we had fun doing it. 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 little too late.”

As Polygon notes, LawBreakers was received poorly upon launch and was a critical and commercial flop. Last month, the studio found hope in Radical Heights, which was beginning to draw in a large crowd of curious gamers. It would seem that the general impression of the game was that, while flawed, it had potential to compete with similar titles like Fortnite Battle Royale.

For now, players will still be able to play the online game, but it won’t be receiving any support nor will there be any future content. At this point, there’s no telling when the game will completely shut down.