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After PlayStation and Firewalk made the decision to pull Concord from sale two weeks after the hero-shooter made its debut, industry members have started to share their sympathies with the team involved.<\/p>\n

Gears of War’s Cliff “CliffyB” Bleszinski shared a short post on social media, reading: “Concord, I feel your pain.”<\/p>\n

Bleszinski previously set up Boss Key Productions, a now defunct studio<\/a>, which released its own hero shooter, LawBreakers<\/a>. Despite a big pre-release push by publisher Nexon, LawBreakers flopped<\/a>, with its Steam concurrent player count peaking at 7482 in June 2017 when it launched via open beta.<\/p>\n

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After PlayStation and Firewalk made the decision to pull Concord from sale two weeks after the hero-shooter made its debut, industry members have started to share their sympathies with the team involved. Gears of War’s Cliff “CliffyB” Bleszinski shared a short post on social media, reading: “Concord, I feel your pain.” Bleszinski previously set up Boss Key Productions, a now defunct studio, which released its own hero shooter, LawBreakers. Despite a big pre-release push by publisher Nexon, LawBreakers flopped, with its Steam concurrent player count peaking at 7482 in June 2017 when it launched via open beta. 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