Video Games
‘Devil’s Hunt’ Developer Reportedly Shut Down, Abandoning In-Development Console Versions
If you were looking for a console release of Layopi Games’ third-person action hack n’ slasher Devil’s Hunt, you might be out of luck. In fact, according to PPE, a Polish gaming news site, Layopi Games has shut down.
Released last September on PC, Devil’s Hunt was the debut game from the Polish studio. The Warsaw-based team had been working on console ports, but now according to multiple anonymous tips from a number of the team’s developers, they had not been paid in months. Furthermore, according to the report, when staff went to work on Friday, they found their disks empty, with their belongings having been thrown out.
Further indication of trouble comes from the lack of updates over at Layopi Games’ official Twitter, which has been dormant since around the release of the game. Its most recent activity act was a retweet promoting the game on October 1. Conversely, the game’s Steam page last had an update back in January, announcing Trading Cards, Badges, Emoticons and Backgrounds for players.
Based on the novel, Equilibrium, by author Pawel Lesniak, Devil’s Hunt involves a full-fledged war between Angels and Demons, with our world as the proposed battleground. You are Desmond, the sole factor that can tilt the scales in favour of one of the opposing party, be it demons or angels. Currently, the title has a “mixed” rating on Steam, with a score of 47 on Metacritic.
From Software followed up the June announcement of the Closed Network Test for The Duskbloods, confirming that the test will take place from August 21 to 23. Sign-ups for the network test will open on July 22, which can be done on the official site for The Duskbloods.
The breakdown for the test will be as follows:
- August 21, 2026
- 3:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. PDT
- 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. PDT
- August 22, 2026
- 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. PDT
- August 23, 2026
- 3:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. PDT
- 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. PDT
Currently in development for a release later this year as an exclusive for the Nintendo Switch 2, The Duskbloods is a player-versus-player-versus-environment Souls-like, which sees up to eight players battling amongst themselves until one is left standing. Players take on the role as a member of the “Bloodsworn,” a group that has “gone beyond humanity” thanks to special blood. Their goal is to become the “First Blood.”
As human society reaches an end, First Blood flows in an event known as the ‘Twilight of Humanity.’ The Bloodsworn are summoned to the Twilight of Humanity across a variety of different times and places in a bid to obtain First Blood.
In addition to The Duskbloods, From Software is currently readying the Switch 2 port of Elden Ring in Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition, which will be arriving August 28. The updates found in the Tarnished Edition will also be made available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and Steam.