Overview
- The Stockholm District Court issued a bankruptcy order for Liquid Swords on Oct. 12, 2026, and a court-appointed administrator has begun managing the company's assets.
- Around 27–30 staff who had not been paid for at least two months petitioned for bankruptcy and are being dismissed while Sweden's state wage guarantee will cover their unpaid salaries.
- Swedish law firm Cirio published a preliminary bidding document that puts Liquid Swords, Samson and related development assets up for sale with bids due Oct. 21, 2026, and a buyer would need to offer new contracts to rehire staff.
- Samson sold 151,900 units and generated SEK 24.1 million as of Oct. 14, 2026, but the game received mostly mixed reviews because of launch bugs and performance problems that the studio tried to fix with patches including one on Oct. 8.
- If no buyer is found the game's updates, storefront availability and future support are uncertain, and the studio's earlier funding struggles, 2025 layoffs and a 2022 minority investment from NetEase frame why the title failed to sustain the company.