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PEAK Developers Push Back on Endless Updates, Confirm One More Update

The small studios cite limited staff alongside a heavy release slate as reasons perpetual free content is unsustainable.

Overview

  • Landfall replied to a now-deleted tweet that called its work on PEAK a “lazy dev cycle,” saying it is not a live-service studio and that any update is a bonus, not a right.
  • The developers said PEAK has already received many free additions with new biomes and features, and they confirmed at least one more update is in the works.
  • Landfall explained that recent releases and console ports stretched the team too thin, so future work will continue at a more reasonable pace.
  • Reporting notes PEAK has sold over five million copies and has seen three large updates, numerous patches, and two new biomes, with a third biome reported to be planned this year.
  • Coverage says the studio has mostly stopped engaging in the Twitter back-and-forth as many community responses defended the team’s stance.