Bleeding Edge content updates end as Ninja Theory shifts focus

Ninja Principle’s on-line brawler Bleeding Edge could also be nearing the top of its life. Lower than a yr after the melee brawler’s launch on PC and Xbox One, the developer introduced that they are going to not be releasing content material updates.

Bleeding Edge was revealed at E3 2019 as Ninja Theory’s first Microsoft exclusive. Throughout its reveal, we suspected it had a really generic vibe to the sport and positive sufficient, it proved to be a “mixed bag” of team-based multiplayer action.

Whereas we have been followers of the artwork model and its numerous solid of distinctive characters, the sport merely felt unfinished. There have been solely 11 characters to select from at launch and the solo queue expertise was fairly terrible. The last major update came in July and introduced a new fighter, Azrael, together with a brand new map and leaderboards. Ranked play was nonetheless lacking, nevertheless.

Ultimately, Bleeding Edge by no means discovered its footing and consequently, failed to ascertain a devoted viewers. Though Bleeding Edge stays playable, it’s not prefer it has a lot of a participant base to start with. As Polygon factors out:

SteamCharts counted the sport’s PC playership at a mean of 480 in its launch month of March 2020, and it’s dwindled ever since.

The write has been on the wall for fairly a while now and it seems Bleeding Edge is solely on borrowed time. With no new content material popping out anymore, I can’t think about the present followers will stick round for for much longer.

Ninja Principle has since shifted its focus to different new tasks, together with Senua’s Saga, Venture Mara and The Perception Venture. Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is the following entry within the Hellblade franchise and some of the anticipated video games for the Xbox Collection X.

Venture Mara is an “experimental title that explores new ways of storytelling.” Regardless of understanding little or no concerning the sport — besides that it will likely be a real-world and grounded illustration of psychological terror based mostly on actual experiences and analysis.

The Perception Venture is extra of a analysis and improvement undertaking at Ninja Principle with the objective of serving to deal with psychological well being struggling.

Whereas I’m positive there are like 12 gamers who’re unhappy to see help on Bleeding Edge finish, I believe a few of the different tasks occurring at Ninja Principle maintain a bit extra wait.