Krafton is ending growth on PUBG spin-off Black Funds nine months after its closed alpha test on Steam.
Black Funds is an extraction shooter constructed round a time loop, with the objective of getting complete groups survive and escape fairly than a last-one-standing battle royale. Black Funds held a number of alpha and group assessments all year long.
“After reviewing the challenge’s growth standing and future course, we concluded that its present course wouldn’t enable us to ship an expertise gamers may get pleasure from over the long run,” Krafton posted to Steam.
“We sincerely thank everybody who took the time to take part in our Closed Alpha assessments and share their suggestions. PUBG Studios will carry what we discovered from growth and testing into future initiatives, persevering with to take heed to gamers as we discover new gameplay experiences.”
Black Funds was the second PUBG spin-off to be cancelled this yr. In March, Krafton shut down the free-to-play spin-off Blindspot after two months in Early Entry.
Krafton previously outlined its plan to develop PUBG Battlegrounds right into a “content material platform” with “sandbox-oriented UGC that leverages PUBG’s core gunplay, mechanics, and physics engine, consolidating an ecosystem the place gamers can create and share their very own content material.”
It had mentioned that Black Funds and Blindspot would “take a look at the PUBG IP’s enlargement into new genres, whereas new platform developments will carry PUBG to the subsequent step for progress.”
Regardless of the 2 cancellations, PUBG announced another spin-off at Gamescom in August known as PUBG: Ded.Internet, a multiplayer shooter with roguelike development.
Krafton reported record Q2 results, with income rising 94.9% to ₩1.29 trillion ($889.1 million). The corporate attributed this progress to the continued enlargement of the PUBG franchise and the success of Unknown Worlds’ Subnautica 2.
PUBG income elevated 25% year-over-year, pushed by the event of a central gameplay platform and new “cultural collaborations” with different IP and types.