Nexon drops developer Robotoki’s first game after studio drops free-to-play model

Developer Robotoki decided during the course of developing its debut game, Human Element, that it should shift its business model from free-to-play to premium. But this has prompted the game’s publisher to pull out of the project.

South Korean free-to-play gaming giant Nexon revealed that it has ended its publishing agreement with Robotoki. The Human Element team is now independent, but it will push toward a release next year. It is a survival sim that takes place more than three decades after a zombie apocalypse and focuses on people fighting over the last remaining resources. Nexon will go on working with developers like Boss Key Productions, which is making a PC shooter under the leadership of Gears of War director Cliff Bleszinski.