Shrapnel responded: Game development, funding and operations will not be affected, and an early access version will be released soon.

In response to game studio Neon Machine's lawsuit against investors, shooting game Shrapnel posted on the X platform: "For legal reasons, we are unable to comment on ongoing litigation. However, our players, creators and the wider community can rest assured , we take full control of the development, funding and operations of our groundbreaking AAA first-person draw shooter and are focused on releasing an Early Access version in the coming weeks." It was previously reported that the six founders of Neon Machine, the game studio behind Shrapnel, have filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Trial Court against 4D Factory Investment Company CEO Cort Javarone, 4D equity holder Steve Horowitz, and private equity firm Northern Pacific Group's Scott Honour, and said these investors are trying to control the company's shareholders and plunder its coffers. The Neon founders who filed the lawsuit include chief technology officer and studio head Don Norbury, chief creative officer Colin Foran, chief operating officer Aaron Nonis, chief marketing officer Mark Yeend, head of business development Naomi Lackaff, and others who were reportedly fired. CEO Mark Long. According to Law360, Javarone appointed himself CEO of Neon on November 13 and removed original CEO Long from the studio's board of directors. However, Long posted on the X platform that he still serves as CEO. Neon executives claimed that Javarone was trying to take over its studio and had violated its contractual commitments to new investors.