<s>
LawBreakers	B-Application
was	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Boss	O
Key	O
Productions	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nexon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
worldwide	O
on	O
August	O
8	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
LawBreakers	B-Application
attempted	O
to	O
expand	O
on	O
the	O
traditional	O
FPS	O
approach	O
by	O
introducing	O
low	O
gravity	O
gameplay	O
and	O
followed	O
the	O
character	O
selection	O
mechanics	O
that	O
are	O
popular	O
in	O
other	O
objective	O
based	O
FPS	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
positive	O
critical	O
reception	O
,	O
LawBreakers	B-Application
sold	O
poorly	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
servers	O
being	O
shut	O
off	O
on	O
September	O
14	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previously	O
named	O
BlueStreak	B-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
set	O
to	O
be	O
free-to-play	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
March	O
2016	O
Boss	O
Key	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
abandoned	O
the	O
format	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
a	O
paid	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
being	O
demoed	O
at	O
the	O
2016	O
PAX	O
East	O
gamer	O
festival	O
in	O
Boston	O
,	O
LawBreakers	B-Application
began	O
closed	O
alpha	O
and	O
beta	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Boss	O
Key	O
released	O
an	O
open	O
beta	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
which	O
lasted	O
until	O
July	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
second	O
open	O
beta	O
was	O
available	O
from	O
July	O
28	O
to	O
31	O
for	O
PC	O
and	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
his	O
experience	O
in	O
developing	O
games	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
consoles	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
,	O
Cliff	O
Bleszinski	O
made	O
a	O
concrete	O
decision	O
to	O
not	O
release	O
LawBreakers	B-Application
for	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
at	O
launch	O
,	O
which	O
caused	O
an	O
uproar	O
amongst	O
his	O
fans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LawBreakers	B-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
positive	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Githyp	O
,	O
the	O
closed-beta	O
peaked	O
at	O
7500	O
players	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
followed	O
a	O
month	O
later	O
by	O
an	O
open-beta	O
with	O
40%	O
fewer	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
launched	O
with	O
a	O
60%	O
lower	O
player	O
base	O
than	O
the	O
beta	O
peak	O
and	O
launched	O
outside	O
of	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
top	O
100	O
Most	O
Played	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
GameSpot	O
,	O
game	O
director	O
Cliff	O
Bleszinski	O
stated	O
that	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
doing	O
much	O
better	O
,	O
although	O
he	O
did	O
not	O
confirm	O
any	O
statistics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bleszinski	O
making	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
PlayStation	O
exclusive	O
on	O
consoles	O
was	O
also	O
criticized	O
as	O
playing	O
a	O
part	O
in	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
player	O
numbers	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
being	O
considered	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
wider	O
fanbase	O
for	O
multiplayer	O
first	O
person	O
shooters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
11	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
free-to-play	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
with	O
a	O
notice	O
that	O
the	O
servers	O
would	O
be	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
September	O
14	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
on	O
which	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2023	O
,	O
Cliff	O
Bleszinski	O
teased	O
a	O
possible	O
revival	O
of	O
LawBreakers	B-Application
after	O
5	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
