It hasn't been a year since Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, a Soulslike action RPG from Leenzee and published by 505 Games, was released on PC and major consoles, but it appears that its developer is no more.
In a new report from GamerSky, citing sources on Bilibili and other individuals, Wuchang's director, Xia Siyuan, was fired before Chinese New Year, though the creator is still actively working on games. However, the same can't be said for the Leenzee staff, who were propositioned with outsourcing but refused, leading to a disbandment and lay-offs.
Fan service doesn't make a good game great.
The news breaks with Wuchang: Fallen Feathers having only released on July 24. It also comes on the heels of several larger cases of lay-offs and restructuring throughout the gaming industry, including most recently at Neople, the studio behind another Soulslike title in The First Berserker: Khazan.
As it stands, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers maintains a 74 rating from Critics on Metacritic based on 90 reviews, and a 6.9 User Score based on 843 ratings. TheGamer's Joshua Robertson awarded it a 3/5 in his review, writing, "Wuchang often shows glimpses of the game it could have been, but frustrations upon...
