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On the evening of August 2, some players spread the news: The official of the Demon King Round Table announced in the group that the development of "Gods Shall Know" has been frozen indefinitely. Shortly thereafter, they also released a message on TapTap:Posts with the same content。

In the post, producer Yizui and investor Rosa each wrote a message to the players. Yizui lamented that "the destiny did not appear for us after all", but they will meet again next spring;

Rosa mentioned that they "have been fighting, fighting against financing, fighting against destiny, and fighting against inner unwillingness", but in the end "still failed to win this resurrection game."

Previously,(hereinafter referred to as "Gods")This is a "dotted-dark-like" game developed using UE5. In the game, players can choose three characters to form a team and build. It is not difficult to see that whether it is the entry point, gameplay selection or art style, "Gods" is a rare second-level game in the past two years.

The development team of "Gods" is called the Demon King Round Table, with about 40 people. After completing the demo in 15 months, they have exhibited it offline several times, and have also received a lot of discussion and praise from a group of players, and have even been included in the new "Hegemony Second Game" nomination list.

After its first online exposure in January this year, the game has received more than 300,000 reservations across all platforms - more than 240,000 on TapTap, more than 110,000 on Bilibili, and more than 20,000 on Haoyou Kuaibao; the game's PV has been played 1.4 million times on Bilibili. Based on these data alone, it has surpassed most of the new second-tier games from 2023 to the present.

Behind the Devil's Round Table, the investment institution Game Trigger has made several investments, with a total investment of tens of millions of yuan. Investor Mr. Ke spoke highly of them: "Even if I start over again and invest in 10 more projects, I don't expect other teams to come up with such a demo."

However, judging from the announcement, the follow-up of the Demon King Round Table is not going smoothly. Many players are speculating on the reason, but the most likely reason is: no money. In the case of financing difficulties and insufficient capital chain, it may be difficult for this small team to continue to support subsequent research and development.

In the past two years, it is not uncommon to see the development of "Gods" freeze or stop operation. Especially in the second-tier games, "parting with life and death" has almost become a norm. On TapTap, many players who have tried "Gods" have posted that they hope to see it again one day.

As for the team and project's subsequent plans, the official has not yet released further information. We will continue to follow up on relevant developments.