Content overview: “Krafton Cancels PUBG: Black Budget, Citing Lack of Long-Term Fun”. Krafton has officially canceled PUBG: Black Budget, the extraction shooter spin-off announced less than a year ago, after concluding it wouldn't deliver an experience players could enjoy long-term. The cancellation highlights the brutal realities of the live-service market, where even established franchises struggle to retain players. Extraction shooters are a niche genre dominated by a few titles, and many recent games have failed to find an audience.
Krafton's franchise director Taeseok Jang recently acknowledged how hard it is to succeed in that space, pointing to the rapid shutdown of Highguard, a free-to-play shooter that lasted barely over a month. PUBG Studios will carry lessons from Black Budget into future projects. Krafton still has another spin-off in development: Ded.Net, a grindhouse-themed multiplayer shooter from its Wisconsin-based studio PUBG Madison. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.