Swedish game developer Liquid Swords has filed for bankruptcy roughly six months after releasing Samson, an open-world beat ’em up about managing debt and rescuing a sister. Outlets report that the studio’s post-launch support and patches are not enough to keep the company operating.
According to reporting from Kotaku and Rock Paper Shotgun, the bankruptcy move follows financial troubles at the studio. Kotaku says the Stockholm District Court issues a bankruptcy order on Monday, after reports that Liquid Swords’ developers have gone unpaid for about two months. Rock Paper Shotgun, focusing on the game itself, notes that Samson launched with widespread issues and that later updates aimed to address problems but did not appear to resolve the company’s broader situation.
The accounts agree on the timeline from Samson’s launch to the bankruptcy filing and on the role of unpaid work, but they differ in emphasis—one concentrates on the company’s legal and financial status, while the other frames the outcome in relation to the game’s troubled reception.
