Friday the 13th: The Game license will expire in December

Yesterday, we were able to share some cool news about a Friday the 13th video game, as franchise composer Harry Manfredini says a new game is in the works. And now we have to share some news that I find to be a bit heartbreaking. Gun Interactive, the company behind the Friday the 13th: The Game that was released in 2017, has announced that their license to the Friday the 13th property will expire on December 31st, 2023.

“On that date, Friday the 13th: The Game will no longer be available for sale, both physically and digitally. The game will, however, continue to function through at least December 31st, 2024, if you already own it. At this time, we’ve made the decision to reduce the price to $4.99 for the base game and $0.99 for each piece of DLC content. We will continue to offer the title and content at that price point right up until it’s removed from digital/physical storefronts on December 31st, 2023.

We would like to thank our community for the dedication they’ve shown to Friday the 13th: The Game and Gun Interactive as a whole, and we are happy the game will live on a while longer and continue to be enjoyed by anyone owning the game already.“

The whole story of Friday the 13th: The Game is a sad tale. I think Gun and IllFonic really made the perfect Friday the 13th video game with this, and it had potential to be even bigger and better than it was. But just when the game was getting rolling, the copyright lawsuit between original Friday the 13th producer/director Sean S. Cunningham and screenwriter Victor Miller came up – and all updates to the game had to stop. The developers had a lot of plans for this property that they were never able to pursue. And now it’s coming to an end. At least we know it’s going to continue functioning for at least another year and a half.

I’ve had a lot of fun playing hundreds of hours of Friday the 13th: The Game and it’s sad to see it winding down like this. I was holding on to hope that Gun might be able to renew the license and do some more work on the game once the copyright lawsuit ended. The lawsuit is over, with Miller winning the U.S. copyright to the original film, but that ending clearly didn’t help Friday the 13th: The Game in any way.

Are you sad to hear that the Friday the 13th: The Game license is going to expire? Share your thoughts on this one by leaving a comment below.