Forspoken

Forspoken launched Jan 24, 2023 to mixed reviews and a PC port widely called an unoptimized mess (Steam reviews ~55% negative, VRAM hunger, stutter, frame pacing). Luminous shipped patches roughly every 2-4 weeks through April 2023, including the major optimization Patch 1.10 (March 10). On Feb 28, 2023 Square Enix announced Luminous would be merged back into Square Enix on May 1, 2023, calling sales 'lackluster'; Luminous pledged to finish a performance patch and the In Tanta We Trust DLC before the merger, and both were delivered (DLC released May 26, 2023, ahead of the original Summer window). Post-merger patches continued through Patch 1.22 (Sept 29, 2023), which added AMD FSR 3 — a first for any game — but only for PC. One final untitled build landed Nov 10, 2023; nothing has shipped in the ~34 months since, while the game remains on sale.

• Rapid early cadence: eight titled patches plus day-one build from Jan 20 to Apr 4, 2023, with Patch 1.10 explicitly marketed as addressing 'overall game performance' (SteamDB build history).
• Responsive to player complaints: Digital Foundry's June 2023 revisit found Forspoken went 'from unreasonable to a competent version' — up to 35% better CPU performance, fixed VRAM/texture issues; Patch 1.20 even adjusted the mocked Frey-Cuff banter frequency.
• Both pre-merger promises were kept: the performance patch and the In Tanta We Trust DLC (released May 26, 2023, early for deluxe owners May 23), delivered despite Luminous Productions ceasing to exist May 1, 2023.
• Support wound down early: last update Nov 10, 2023, ~10 months post-launch, with no further roadmap, and Patch 1.22 (FSR 3) skipped PS5 entirely — platform parity gap.