续集开发比较迅速,但也有困难。工作室被无法掌控的最后限期及原版粉丝的期待困扰,一年多的制作时间“紧张之余,令人精疲力尽”。游戏成品于2010年中旬发布,外界评价褒贬不一,销量惨淡,无法立即启动第三部作品[14]。为了维持业务运作,Ruffian Games与微软开发了几部Kinect作品,包括《Kinect星球大战(英语:Kinect Star Wars)》和《Nike+ Kinect Training(英语:Nike+ Kinect Training)》[14]。2012年左右,工作室为Crytek的《崛起:罗马之子》打造实验性的多人游戏模式,但该模式未出现在成品游戏中[15][16]。在所有被取消的项目中,《怒之铁拳》是向世嘉投出的重制1991年同名游戏的橄榄枝。小团队用六到八周的时间打造出原型,但项目没得到世嘉的首肯[14][17]。到2013年,《除暴战警》第三部的开发仍然悬而未决[18]。
2013–2019年:独立游戏与项目取消
2013年2月,Ruffian Games公布新作《部落塔》(Tribal Towers)[18]。游戏的概念是打造一款“古怪、剑走偏锋、实时的弹丸格斗游戏”,但alpha阶段的测试版显示游戏及其控制方案非常复杂。之后Ruffian Games暂时搁置计划,将游戏改成改编自高地运动会的游戏《格伦斯游戏》(Game of Glens),融合《愤怒的小鸟》、《我的世界》和《粘粘世界》的元素[14]。2014年1月,史克威尔艾尼克斯的群众募资倡议Collective试运行,《格伦斯游戏》名列三部众筹游戏中[19]。用户投票结果显示仅39%的人计划给《格伦斯游戏》捐钱,相比之下另外两部游戏《机器世界大战》(World War Machine)和《月之猎人(英语:Moon Hunters)》分别有90%和83%的人愿意捐钱。大部分用户反对Ruffian Games打造休闲游戏,而不是《除暴战警》的续作[14]。《格伦斯游戏》的开发最终在2014年4月搁置[20]。
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