Love and Deepspace dev cancels new love interest amid fan backlash

Key Points:

• The development of Valko, the newly announced sixth love interest for the otome game Love and Deepspace, has been permanently canceled following significant backlash from the player community.
• Fans criticized the introduction of Valko, feeling it was misguided as existing love interests had not received meaningful updates, leading to social media backlash and even protests against the character's release.
• In response, developer Papergames and publisher Infold Games apologized for the distress caused and committed to no further new love interests, instead focusing on enhancing content for the current characters.
• Despite Valko's cancellation, other planned features for Version 6.0, including outfits, photo poses, and rewards, will still be released, with some given to players for free alongside daily in-game currency for 30 days.
• Upcoming updates will focus on existing characters, with new content for Rafayel planned for July and story branches for Caleb and Sylus scheduled for September and November, respectively; Version 6.0 is set to launch on July 9 for Android and iOS.