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PUBG Creator's Survival Game Development Halted Due to Funding

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PlayerUnknown Productions has stopped development on Prologue: Go Wayback less than a year after launch due to financial limitations. The game will be made free and refunds are being investigated.

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Gamespot

PUBG Creator’s New Survival Game Has Stopped Development Less Than A Year After Launch

PlayerUnknown Productions has ceased development on its survival game, Prologue: Go Wayback, less than a year after its early access launch. Founder Brendan Greene cited financial limitations as the reason for restructuring the studio, which will continue to develop its Melba technology. The game will be made free to all players, with refunds being issued for past purchases.

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Blues News

Prologue: Go Wayback! Ending Development

PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions announced that development has ended for their survival roguelike, Prologue: Go Wayback!. The game had been available in Early Access for just over six months.

PC Gamer

PlayerUnknown's survival game is shutting down 6 months after launch: 'I have reached the limits of how far I…

PlayerUnknown Productions has halted development on its survival game Prologue: Go Wayback! just over six months after its early access launch, citing financial limitations. Founder Brendan Greene stated that while the studio will continue developing its Melba technology with a smaller team, further work on Prologue is suspended. The studio plans to release one final update before potentially making the game free and investigating refunds for purchasers.

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Retro Gamer

PUBG creator Brendan Greene halts development on "realistic Minecraft" survival game, plans to make it free…

Brendan Greene, creator of PUBG, has halted development on his survival game Prologue: Go Wayback due to funding issues and studio restructuring at PlayerUnknown Productions. The game will be made free for all players in an upcoming update, with refunds being investigated for existing purchasers. Development will continue on the studio's core Melba technology.

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