''Decksplash'' is a cancelled

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video game that was being developed by

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for

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. In November 2017, Bossa Studios announced that ''Decksplash'' was cancelled after not reaching its intended goal of 100,000 players during a

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free week.

Gameplay

''Decksplash'' is a team-based

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Development

In January 2017, Bossa Studios announced ''Decksplash''. ''

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'' compared the game to the likes of ''

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'' and ''

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'', while

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compared it to ''

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''. In November 2017, Bossa Studios released a free build of the game on

. They challenged the community, stating that if 100,000 players downloaded the game during the free week, the game would be released into Steam's

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program, otherwise, the game would be discontinued. A week later, the studio announced the game's cancellation after the player count failed to reach the stated goal. According to

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only about 36,000 people total tried the game during their free week, with no more than 464 playing it at any given time.

References

External links

* Video games developed in the United Kingdom Skateboarding video games Multiplayer video games Cancelled Windows games {{sports-videogame-stub