The infamous crowdfunding disaster Godus and its spinoff Godus Wars have both been removed from sale on Steam. A statement from Studio 22cans said the issue was due to “upcoming technical changes to Amazon Web Services.” Both games have been on Steam Early Access since they were first released in 2013 and 2016, respectively, but have received few updates and received mostly to overwhelmingly negative reviews since then. .
“Unfortunately, due to upcoming technical changes to Amazon Web Services that will impact our ability to provide the necessary game files to new users, these titles will be removed from the Steam Store. Existing players will continue to be able to access these games. Don’t worry, you can enjoy it. Say “Interruption” brief announcement. “We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all of our players for their tremendous support over the past 10 years.”
Raised by Godus £526,563 on Kickstarter in 2012, promises Peter Molyneux’s “fun reinvention of the god game.” Molyneux has become synonymous with the genre thanks to his work on early games such as Populous and Black & White. But when Godus launched in his 2013, it was surprisingly bare-bones, extremely slow, and had little in common with his previous Bullfrog and Lionhead classics.
It quickly became clear that 22cans would not be able to deliver on everything promised during the Kickstarter project, including multiplayer, a Linux version, and independence from publishers. Many of these elements were known to be impossible from the start due to the various middleware that 22cans was using. Molyneux spoke in an interview about the pressure to overpromise to secure funding. tell tech radar “The behavior is incredibly destructive and it’s like, ‘Jesus Christ, I’ve only got 10 days to go and I have to make £100,000.'” And then, well.
Godus Wars followed in 2016 as a more combat-oriented spin-off built on a new platform with multiplayer support. Although it was touted to be free for owners of the original, now abandoned Godus, only the first continent was actually free, and to continue beyond that he would have to pay £5. A pop-up claim surprised players. Godus Wars never ends either.
Molyneux has overcome several setbacks at Godus and says he has learned a lesson about over-promising – usually when it comes to making big statements about how the next game will go. Godus Wars was followed by 22cans, the only game still available On SteamMolyneux said The Trail will “build on previously untapped emotions and feelings.”
Last month, 22cans released their latest game, business management and invention sim Legacy. This seems to be Molyneux operating in theme park/movie mode – a few years before its launch, except Legacy was a Web3 blockchain game and sold for £40 million in NFT Land 2. 22cans updated legacy players earlier this month and explained that they would be. We will be ramping up our legacy marketing efforts soon. This is to help current digital landlords attract tenants.
Meanwhile, Molyneux started talking about 22cans’ next game in October. With the launch of the development blog A fantasy RPG set in Albion. Albion is also the name of fantasy England, the setting for the fable of the lionhead.
I’m less surprised that Godus and Godus Wars were removed from sale than I am surprised they were still available for the past seven years. Certainly, you need to make sure that you can’t make any accidental purchases in the future. It is also right that they should be remembered as they are. Molyneux’s frenetic “what if” approach to interviews and promotions is not that of a benevolent, irresistibly creative Wonka-like figure, but that of a businessman who desperately wants money but can’t get it. This is proof that there is. Nothing worth buying has been made in over 10 years.