Cult of the Lamb won’t get deleted

Don’t worry, Cult of the Lamb isn’t getting deleted. Massive Monster, which developed the game, jokingly posted to X last week that it’s taking the game offline on Jan. 1, when Unity’s new, wildly unpopular install-based fees are set to launch. Even Unity itself was seemingly concerned: It replied on X that it was “working to clarify specifics.”

Massive Monster assured that they would be back soon Cult of the Lamb fans that the post was a joke — Cult of the LambIs safe. “It was a joke on Twitter — I mean X — that the media sensationalized, like a lot,” the developer said. “I read in one article that we’d already deleted the game, which is news to me.”

Massive Monster, the thing that is. You can also check out our other blog posts. joking about Unity’s new fees, which are said to be tweaked in the next few days, and how they impact video game development. The financial strain that this is going to put on the studios has been discussed. Unity originally intended to charge developers per player once the studio had reached a certain number of downloads and revenue. On Sunday, however, Unity announced that it’s revising the change and will say more in the coming days. Bloomberg reported Monday that the new plan would limit fees for those customers who make over $1 million to just 4%.

Unity also reportedly said that studios will “self-report” that data. Unity never explained how this data was going to be collected, and many developers were very concerned about it. The privacy issues were just one of many problems that came up.

Massive Monster has pledged to leave Unity in the event of these changes. It said on X — and again in the aforementioned TikTok — that the team would experience delays for its projects that were intended to be built on Unity, because the team would have to learn how to build games with a new engine.

Massive Monster explained at the end of his TikTok that the video was a Cult of the LambThe update process is ongoing. It shared a little peek at what’s to come: a little green frog… um… straining at its stools. That tidbit was also attached to the developer’s message to Unity: Quit being stinky.