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The creators of the open-city crime sim Samson, Liquid Swords, have gone bankrupt. Reports indicate that developers were left unpaid for months, and the game's release was met with criticism. Learn more about the studio's struggles and the sale of its assets.
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00:00Liquid Swords put out its run-based open city crime sim, Samsung, six months ago.
00:05About a week ago, it declared bankruptcy.
00:08A report by Break It says the Swedish studio staff of around 30 developers have gone unpaid
00:14for the last two months.
00:16It was those justifiably upset devs who petitioned to have it declared bankrupt.
00:21Samsung didn't quite light the world on fire.
00:24At release, players criticised the game for bugs which was fair and unflattering comparisons
00:30to GTA, less fair.
00:32The studio kept working on the game.
00:34It got a patch as recently as October 8th but it clearly wasn't enough.
00:38Liquid Swords and its assets, Samsung included, are now up for sale.
00:43Check out the full story on pcgamer.com and follow us here for more gaming news.

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