Gearbox bought the IP for roguelike icon Risk of Rain, planned a free-to-play mobile spinoff with a new dev, and has now canceled it before it's even out
Risk of Rain: Hostile Worlds won't be available at all 🃏after June 29

Gearbox Publishing is ending development on its mobile Risk of Rain sp🌜inoff before its official launch.
The Borderlands studiꩵo acquired the rights t🐓o the Risk of Rain IP back in November and immediately revealed plans for a free-to-play mobile gacha game called Risk of Rain: Hostile Worlds. The game spent about six months in regional Early Access on various mobile platforms but failed to make much of a splash in the general gaming market. Now, Gearbox Publishing has announced it's ceasing development on the game while leaving the f🌌uture of the Risk of Rain IP wide open.
"As we look ahead to the future of the Risk of Rain f𒀰ranchise, we have made the decision to cease development on Risk of Rain: Hostile Worlds," reads an announcement on the game's official Discord channel. On June 29, the game will be pulled from all storefronts and will be inaccessible even to those who already have it installed on their mobile devices.
In the time between now and then, Gearbox Publishing says it wants to "make sure that you have the best experience possible while playing," and is thus disabling premium currency purchasing and lowering the priceꦜs for most items in the store. Some other "economy changes" are also being made "to deliver more🍌 value" to players in the short amount of time they have left with the game.
In terms of refunds and whatnot, Gearbox Publishing points players to Apple's App Store and Google Play.
It isn't clear the exact reason for the abrupt cancelation, but one can fairly safely assume it simply didn't meet the company's financial goals. Back when it was announced, Gearbox Publishing said its plan was "to welcome a whole new group of players into t﷽he franchise" and "share Risk of Rain with a wider audience and enable players to step into the Risk of Rain universe wherever." Risk of Rain fans were underwhelmed by the reveal and, after six months, Geaꦜrbox Publishing is cutting its losses.
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