The Culling 2 launches to incredibly negative reception, game gets pulled a week later
The Culling is a Battle Royale game, which released in October of 2017 (after being in early access since Feb 2016), which focused on 16-player online matches where you have to scavenge for items and weapons to survive and win. It received mixed reviews during its launch window on Steam, and was considered a slight success. It then, became a surprise, when developer Xaviant Games announced The Culling 2 suddenly, in July 2018, and released it shortly after. Reviews for the game were scathing, and the few fans of Culling 1 were furious at the sudden drop for a sequel. After a week of the game being available, it was announced that the game would be pulled shortly from all digital storefronts. The Director of Operations for Xaviant also uploaded an apology video, explaining his next plans for the company.
As for The Culling 1, once the sequel gets pulled, it'll go free-to-play, and will be going back into development. They plan to modify the game to how it was originally on launch, and being involved with the players to supposedly create a game that everyone will enjoy, while gaining their userbase's trust back.
If you purchased The Culling 2 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, or PC, you can request a refund relatively soon, once the game gets pulled.
