LawBreakers - the hero shooter from Cliff 'CliffyB' Bleszinski that was shut down after a poor launch - is making a bit of a comeback thanks to a group of dedicated fans.

While this revival is not part of an official release from either CliffyB's now-defunct studio Boss Key Productions or original publisher Nexon, the project has been given the approval of Cliffy B himself on social media.

"Somehow LawBreakers is coming back, see below!!!" Bleszinski shared on X, linking to the fan project's Discord server, which is called the RELB Project. This is something that has been on the developer's mind for a while now, with Bleszinski talking about some kind of comeback last year.

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Five years after LawBreakers shut down, we're getting to play the gravity-defying multiplayer FPS again thanks to fans. LawBreakers was the first game from Boss Key Productions, a studio co-founded by Gears Of Wars lead designer Cliff Bleszinski, and it had delightful ultraviolence beneath its uninspiring genric look. Alas, it did not sell well. Boss Key closed less than a year after launch, and the game soon followed. But after years of work, a group of fans this weekend successfully ran the first public test for a workaround to play the game again. While there's no clear launch plan yet, more playtesting will follow.

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