Wuchang Fallen Feathers Dev Team Reportedly Disbanded

Leenzee reportedly dismantled

Leenzee, the studio behind Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, has reportedly been disbanded less than a year after the game launched in July 2025.

The claim is still unconfirmed, but reports circulating in China say director Xia Siyuan was fired before Lunar New Year and remaining staff were offered outsourcing work before layoffs and a breakup of the core team.

Rough launch never really eased

Wuchang arrived on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S with some early momentum, including a Steam peak of over 130,000 concurrent players. After that the hype dropped quickly. Critical reception was also mixed.

• Metacritic: 74 critic score
• User score: 6.9

Performance issues hurt momentum

The Soulslike never fully shook complaints about performance problems, uneven boss design, and post-launch patch drama. It also drew multiple rounds of review bombing, including backlash after an update made some bosses and NPCs unkillable.

Players even turned to mods to repair or rebalance parts of the experience themselves, a bad sign for a big single-player action RPG.

Another warning for mid-tier studios

The reported collapse adds to a long stretch of cuts across the games business, especially at teams coming off expensive action projects. 505 Games published Wuchang, but there is still no public word on what this means for future patches, support, or any follow-up from the franchise.