Friday the 13th: The Game

Friday the 13th launched in 2017 and we caught the disaster live—369 peak viewers watched as IllFonic's asymmetric horror melted under its own hype. The multiplayer-only format meant players couldn't even access the game due to database failures and matchmaking taking 10+ minutes. We saw streamers fighting server issues instead of Jason, with XP tracking broken and new unlocks stuck. The friday the 13th the game player count looked good on the surface, but the technical catastrophe overshadowed everything. It was a masterclass in what happens when servers can't handle demand.