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Kwalee lays off the entire Luna Abyss development team as one of this year's overlooked bullet-hell games falls victim to an overcrowded release schedule

May was a remarkably busy month for high-profile game releases, which could explain why Luna Abyss' launch went relatively unnoticed on PC and current-gen consoles. It's a sci-fi bullet-hell shooter that seemed to review pretty well, but despite that, the entire development team at Kwalee Labs has been laid off. Read m...

May was a remarkably busy month for high-profile game releases, which could explain why Luna Abyss' launch went relatively unnoticed on PC and current-gen consoles. It's a sci-fi bullet-hell shooter that seemed to review pretty well, but despite that, the entire development team at Kwalee Labs has been laid off.

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