When a trailer for Midnight Murder Club, a lights-out multiplayer party shooter, aired at The Game Awards last December, I clocked the developer logo immediately. It was Velan Studios, the folks behind the dodgeball brawler Knockout City. That game was excellent, but like so many live service games that cultivate a modest audience, it died an early death in 2023. The experience had me reflexively worried for Midnight Murder Club, another multiplayer-only game—was Velan going down the same free-to-play road hoping that more people buy skins and battle passes this time?..
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