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Another shooter flopped after its launch, but this time, it didn't have to die for it

Destructoid·Gamers Group·24 days ago
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Two years after its launch, light-and-dark-based online shooter Blindfire failed to reach its business goals. Nowadays, most devs would’ve folded—long before the two-year mark, even—but Double Eleven decided to be awesome and make the game free instead. Blindfire never reached much of a player base and had its last update one year ago. With the devs also stating they were no longer actively working on the game, many believed they wouldn’t see any more good news from Blindfire . Then, it turned out a revamped version of the game was right around the corner, with new weapons, skins, and achievements, and completely for free. Why? Well, Double Eleven gave just the best possible answer for their reasoning “We are doing this because we believe games are art and they deserve to be preserved.” And they’re right. All games deserve this treatment, whether or not you’re going to play them or learn something from them.…

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