Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle’s creator confirms that the game will be removed from digital marketplaces very soon. Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle is a free-to-play episodic puzzle game produced by Blue Wizard Digital, who also created Slayaway Camp, a similar horror puzzle game. Killer Puzzle was initially launched in 2018, and players take on the role of renowned horror icon Jason Voorhees as he murders a number of campers in a blocky, chibi-find recreation of the events. This includes a wide range of locations and themes spanning the franchise’s history, from Camp Crystal Lake to Jason X’s space station.
In contrast to Illfonic’s short-lived Friday the 13th: The Game, this is just the fourth game to use the well-known horror IP. Despite the horror franchise’s long-lasting history, it has also gone through a bumpy ride of legal disputes that have damaged a number of initiatives, including the suspension of production of Illfonic’s multiplayer game. This licenced game seems to be in a similar scenario, since Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle will be deleted from all digital shops in January.
An important update on Friday The 13th: Killer Puzzle:https://t.co/98niaE7KZN pic.twitter.com/UrkqOgxIr1
— Blue Wizard Digital (@BlueWizardGames) January 12, 2023
The makers of Friday the 13th, Blue Wizard Digital, said they would need to discontinue distributing the game as a consequence of not being able to renew the licence. This was undoubtedly a terrible statement. The game will be removed from all platforms on January 23, 2023, giving fans a little over a week to get their hands on it if they haven’t already.
Despite the fact that Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle has been delisted, the developer ensures that if a player has previously downloaded or paid for the game, they will be able to access it beyond the cutoff date. The creators apologised for the inconvenience and expressed remorse that it had come to this. Blue Wizard Digital believes that Slayaway Camp, the game that initially brought them to notoriety, will be a decent alternative, but cautions that there is a mailing list fans may join if anything regarding the game’s condition changes.
This news came a day before the franchise’s namesake Friday the 13th. Fans expressed gratitude for being able to keep the game going for as long as it did, particularly when the aforementioned asymmetrical multiplayer horror game was cancelled due to legal difficulties. Some fans also wondered whether, because the game was about to be delisted, there may be one final sale for gamers to buy all of the game’s connected stuff before it was gone forever.
