# Cliff Bleszinski says ego played a role in LawBreakers' failure: 'People are loyal to the game, but they're not necessarily loyal to the person'

> LawBreakers was, by many accounts, a great game. But the 2017 shooter was a commercial failure, and developer Boss Key shut it down just a year after release.

- **Source:** [Pcgamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/cliff-bleszinski-says-ego-played-a-role-in-lawbreakers-failure-people-are-loyal-to-the-game-but-theyre-not-necessarily-loyal-to-the-person/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a5d1476ae747e56a96ee937)
- **Published:** 2026-07-19
- **Category:** Gaming
- **Tags:** #xbox
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a5d1476ae747e56a96ee937

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