Christoffer Sundberg grundlagde Avalanche og skabte Just Cause-serien. Han droppede dog ud af studiet for nogle år siden for at forme Liquid Swords, og deres første spil, Samson, er en langt mindre og mere fokuseret størrelse.
Men han kigger stadig ud på branchelandskabet, og han kan ikke rigtig lide det han ser. I et interview med WCCFTech siger han at branchen stadig mærkes at de alt for store investeringer der fandt sted under COVID-19:
"I've been making games for over three decades and never experienced such a desperate, cowardly (they call it 'risk averse') and confused state of the business. After the acquisition / over-investing party during '21-'23, we are dealing with the hangover and it's been going on for three years. We have very careful cash-flow planning as we are on a limited budget. Last year, we made the tough decision to lay off (I don't call it 'restructuring' or any other BS term for what it actually is) half the team, to buy us a longer runway into 2026. We made a bet, and we do everything we can to deliver a fun $25 experience to lay the foundation for the future. I hope our future players will see the potential in our work and follow us on our journey to make something bigger."
Liquid Swords' første spil handler mest af alt om sjov nærkamp, sjove biljagter og en historie der ikke tager sig selv for seriøst. Du kan se Samson i aktion herunder.
