Overview

• Jukai Studio, the developer behind the horror game Stray Souls, has announced its closure, citing poor sales, cyberbullying, and the closure of its publisher, Versus Evil.
• Jukai Studio claims that a 'cyber prosecutor' relentlessly attacked the developer and the publisher Versus Evil staff, even sending unwanted messages to community members.
• Stray Souls, the studio’s debut project, launched on October 25 to scathing reviews on Metacritic and OpenCritic.
• Versus Evil, the publisher of Stray Souls and other indie games like The Banner Saga and Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, also announced its closure.
• Despite the closure, Jukai Studio stated that it wouldn't abandon the issue of cyberbullying and has handed the matter over to its lawyers.