Exciting times ahead for Valve and Steam as most of Hopoo Games, the creators of the Risk of Rain series, have now joined Valve. Announced via a post on their official X / Twitter account, Hopoo Games itself sounds like its simply no more.
Pictured - Risk of Rain 2
While Hopoo Games are the original team behind Risk of Rain, Gearbox under Embracer took over the IP back in 2022 so the series will continue on without them.
Here's a quote of the full thread they made about it:
Today, we have an exciting update: Duncan and Paul, alongside many other talented members at Hopoo Games, will now be working on game development directly at @valvesoftware!
We're incredibly grateful to Valve for their partnerships in the last decade, and are excited to continue working on their awesome titles. However, this does mean that we are stopping production on our unannounced game, "Snail".
It's been an exciting and transformative 12 years. We feel lucky for the opportunities we've had, and deeply appreciate both our team and fans that have supported us and our games.
We love making games - and will continue to do so, for years to come. We're excited to be working side-by-side with the talented people at Valve. But for now - sleep tight, Hopoo Games.
What do you think they will be working on? Deadlock, Half-Life 3 or something else entirely?
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Given Valve's track record, definitely not Risk of Rain 3.
Quoting: pb"What do you think they will be working on?"
Given Valve's track record, definitely not Risk of Rain 3.
Quoting: PyrateRIP Risk of Rain 3.
In any other article it would have been funnier, but Liam just mentioned above how Gearbox handled the 2nd game and will be responsible for RoR's future...
Quoting: wytrabbitQuoting: pb"What do you think they will be working on?"
Given Valve's track record, definitely not Risk of Rain 3.
Quoting: PyrateRIP Risk of Rain 3.
In any other article it would have been funnier, but Liam just mentioned above how Gearbox handled the 2nd game and will be responsible for RoR's future...
Party pooper.
Quoting: pb"What do you think they will be working on?"
Given Valve's track record, definitely not Risk of Rain 3.
Maybe Left 4 Dead 3? if the rumor true that Half life 3 is being worked on.
If anyone isn't aware just look at the community discussion and patch notes, RoR2 is currently mutilated and broken in countless ways after the newest update.
Quoting: WYWSo I guess no hope of Hopoo swooping in and fixing the RoR2 debacle that Gearbox created with the newest DLC.
If anyone isn't aware just look at the community discussion and patch notes, RoR2 is currently mutilated and broken in countless ways after the newest update.
Man, that sucks, I was going to try and get my friends back into it. How bad is it?
Quoting: PyrateQuoting: WYWSo I guess no hope of Hopoo swooping in and fixing the RoR2 debacle that Gearbox created with the newest DLC.
If anyone isn't aware just look at the community discussion and patch notes, RoR2 is currently mutilated and broken in countless ways after the newest update.
Man, that sucks, I was going to try and get my friends back into it. How bad is it?
So bad I downpatched it to the previous version 1.2.4.4 https://www.reddit.com/r/riskofrain/comments/1f4klin/psa_how_to_downgrade_the_game_on_steam/
The previous build still works as well as ever as long as everyone in your group downpatches.
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