Remember LawBreakers? The hero arena shooter spearheaded by Gears of War director Cliff Bleszinski? Well, it seems to be making a comeback — at least in an unofficial capacity.
It’s not an official relaunch by now-defunct BossKey Productions or Nexon, but rather, a project by indie group headed by Reddit user redcommander_and calls themselves RELB. The dev team announced their plans to bring back the game a year ago, and now, the game is going through its first public playtest!
Over on the RELB Discord, the dev team announced that the launcher is now available for download. However, this being an unofficial revival, don’t expect blow-by-blow updates on the changes, and of course, support won’t be as robust as it was before.
RELB also shared details on this project and how it works:
“What exactly is this project?
This is a project to bring back the game LawBreakers, it’s done by creating ‘fake’ servers that the original game client uses. You can join by downloading the launcher, patching your game and playing like normal”
For those not familiar with the game, LawBreakers was a first-person multiplayer shooter that was launched back in 2017 for PC and consoles. It was made by BossKey Productions and published by Nexon, and had its servers shut down officially a year later on September 14, 2018 after lack of player interest.
Back in April last year, BossKey head honcho Cliff Bleszinski publicly mentioned that he wanted Nexon to revive the LawBreakers IP, though nothing came out of it until this unofficial revival.
Speaking of Bleszinski, it seems he is supporting this comeback even if he isn’t affiliated with Nexon, as he even tweeted about it today:
Somehow LawBreakers is coming back, see below!!!
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If you're interested in this weekend's public test or future tests, join the RELB discord server to learn how to get set up and keep up with the current news! https://t.co/1COV57FZQ5— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) April 13, 2024
Will LawBreakers find success a second time around? You never know, right? If you’re planning on joining the test, don’t forget that this is will have crashes, bugs and all sorts of technical issues, as is the case with unofficial projects.