Kotaro Uchikoshi's next game canceled
The gist
Kotaro Uchikoshi says a game his team spent about a year and a half on was suddenly canceled.
The Zero Escape creator's studio reveal is now a test of how game makers survive cancellations.
How it unfolded
- Mar 2025Kotaro Uchikoshi establishes CRASH KEYS in Shibuya, Tokyo, a studio specializing in video game design, direction and narrative writing.
- Apr 2025The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, co-directed by Uchikoshi with Kazutaka Kodaka, releases for Nintendo Switch and PC.
- Oct 14, 2026Uchikoshi posts on X that a game his team worked on for about a year and a half was suddenly canceled and that he lost his job overnight.