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The company... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/krafton-shuts-down-pubg-spin-off-black-budget-nine-months-after-closed-alpha-test-5dbwgwc4r og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5DbWgwC4r.png og:image:alt: Krafton shuts down PUBG spin-off Black Budget nine months after closed alpha test og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Krafton shuts down PUBG spin-off Black Budget nine months after closed alpha test **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Krafton has cancelled Black Budget, a PUBG spin-off extraction shooter built around a time loop, nine months after its closed alpha test on Steam. The company said the project's current direction would not let it deliver a long-term enjoyable experience, but said lessons learned would feed into future projects. This marks the second PUBG spin-off cancelled this year, following Blindspot's shutdown in March after just two months in Early Access. Despite these cancellations, Krafton announced another spin-off, PUBG: Ded.Net, at Gamescom in August, and reported record Q2 revenue of ₩1.29 trillion ($889.1 million), up 94.9%, driven by PUBG and Subnautica 2. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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