2026 is already off to a flyer, with GSC awarding our first 10/10 to climbing title, Cairn and the excellent Nioh 3. That said, with the good, often comes the bad.
One of 2026’s worst reviewed games so far, Code Violet – which we scored 5 / 10 at Gamer Social Club – is somehow going to see a sequel. Announced by the controversial developer, TeamKill Media the next chapter in protagonist, Violet’s story will be titled Code UltraViolet.
Where a game has a Metacritic critic and user score that is incredibly low, it often leads to the franchise being killed off pretty quickly. However, the game has captured something of a cult following with select fans who have enjoyed the dinosaur focused, PlayStation 5 exclusive action game. On social media, each TeamKill post is followed by a small army of studio fans praising the mostly panned game – in an era where it’s easy to collectively hate a poorly reviewed game, it’s rather obscure.
The developer themselves have been very controversial pre and post-launch, with suggestions that the developer were seeking copyright takedowns of negative Code Violet content. Their decision to keep the game as a PlayStation exclusive and off Steam which has (mostly) consumer friendly refund policies, suggested they knew the game was in a rough state.
The controversy of the game may, after all, have played into TeamKill Media’s hands as they set their sights on a sequel. After all, the age old saying often rings true – there’s no such thing as bad news.
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