Sweet Bandits Studio Closes Its Doors

Sweet Bandits Studios, the development team behind Deceive Inc, has made the announcement that it will be ceasing operations. In a statement posted on the game's forum, co-founder and lead designer Philippe Pelletier Baribault expressed his gratitude to the community and revealed that the studio had reached an insurmountable hurdle. "The Sweet Bandits team is no more," he stated, citing the challenges of getting Deceive Inc to a viable state as the primary reason for the shutdown. The studio's partners at Tripwire Interactive are currently exploring options to maintain the game, with servers and access remaining unaffected in the interim. Sweet Bandits Studios was founded in 2016 and released its debut title, Coffence, in 2018, before going on to develop Deceive Inc, which launched in March 2023 with Tripwire Interactive as its publisher.