Defunct (video game)

{{Infobox video game

| title = Defunct

| image = Logo for Defunct, video game from Freshly Squeezed.png

| developer = Freshly Squeezed

| publisher = Soedesco

| designer = Robert Graff
Jonatan Keil

| programmer = David Forssell
Petter Vernersson

| artist = Anders Hedström
Mikael Karlsson
Simon Öqvist

| composer = Joel Forssell

| engine = Unity

| platforms = Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

| released = {{Video game release|PC|January 29, 2016|PS4|December 19, 2017|Xbox One|December 19, 2017|Nintendo Switch|September 13, 2018}}

| genre = Adventure

| modes = Single-player

}}

Defunct is an indie adventure video game developed by the Swedish indie video game development studio Freshly Squeezed from Visby. The game received several nominations at the 2014 Swedish Game Awards,{{cite web|title=The nominees for the Swedish Game Awards 2014 |url=http://2014.gameawards.se/news/the-nominees-for-the-swedish-game-awards-2014/ |website=Swedish Game Awards 2014 |accessdate=9 April 2015 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415173019/http://2014.gameawards.se/news/the-nominees-for-the-swedish-game-awards-2014/ |archivedate=15 April 2015 }} including Game of the Year, which it went on to win.{{cite web|title=The winners of the Swedish Game Awards 2014 |url=http://2014.gameawards.se/news/the-winners-of-the-swedish-game-awards-2014/ |website=Swedish Game Awards 2014 |accessdate=9 April 2015 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415173023/http://2014.gameawards.se/news/the-winners-of-the-swedish-game-awards-2014/ |archivedate=15 April 2015 }} It was also nominated for Best Student Project at the 2014 Unity Awards.{{cite web|title=2014 Unity Awards Winners|url=https://unity3d.com/awards/2014/winners|website=Unity - Game Engine|accessdate=9 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223165908/http://unity3d.com/awards/2014/winners|archive-date=23 December 2014|url-status=dead}}

In March 2015, it was announced that Freshly Squeezed had signed a publishing deal with the Dutch video game publisher Soedesco.{{cite web|title=SOEDESCO signs award winning game Defunct from independent studio Freshly Squeezed|url=http://www.soedesco.com/en/soedesco-signs-award-winning-game-defunct-from-independent-studio-freshly-squeezed/|website=SOEDESCO|accessdate=9 April 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509015738/http://www.soedesco.com/en/soedesco-signs-award-winning-game-defunct-from-independent-studio-freshly-squeezed/|archivedate=9 May 2015}} The release date was originally expected to be in Q3, 2015, for PC.{{cite web|title=New Defunct screenshots dropped in from Orbit!|url=http://www.soedesco.com/en/new-defunct-screenshots-dropped-in-from-orbit/|website=SOEDESCO|accessdate=12 May 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509015711/http://www.soedesco.com/en/new-defunct-screenshots-dropped-in-from-orbit/|archivedate=9 May 2015}} However, it was pushed back, and the game was released on Steam on January 29, 2016.{{Cite web|title = Defunct on Steam|url = http://store.steampowered.com/app/359350|website = Steam|accessdate = 13 January 2015}}

In December 2017, the game was released for PS4 and Xbox One. In January 2018 it was added to the Windows Store. These ports were done by Soedesco Studios, the in-house porting studio of Soedesco.

On September 13, 2018, a port for the Nintendo Switch was released.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/defunct-switch/|title=Defunct for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Game Details|website=www.nintendo.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-18}} It is scheduled for release in Japan on May 14, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://ec.nintendo.com/JP/ja/titles/70010000030388|title=Defunct|website=Nintendo Japan|accessdate=May 6, 2020}}{{Needs update|date=April 2024}}