Horror Inc sues Gun Interactive over Friday the 13th: The Game

For fans of Friday the 13th: The Game (affiliate link), the story surrounding the game has always been almost as complicated as the horror franchise itself.

What began as an ambitious attempt to bring Jason Voorhees into the world of multiplayer gaming eventually became one of the better-known asymmetrical horror games of its era. But years of legal battles, licensing problems and disagreements over the franchise ultimately brought the game to an end.

Now, the Friday the 13th saga has entered another chapter.

Gun Interactive, the company behind Friday the 13th: The Game, has publicly responded to a lawsuit brought by Horror, Inc., and the company is making it clear that it intends to fight the case.

A dispute over millions of dollars

According to Gun Interactive's August 28 statement, the central issue in the new lawsuit is royalties from Friday the 13th: The Game.

Gun says that it paid Horror, Inc. more than $18 million in royalties over the lifetime of the game and maintains that it paid everything it was contractually required to pay. The company also claims that Horror, Inc.'s representatives previously reviewed and approved the financial reports associated with those payments.

Gun says Horror, Inc. is now seeking approximately another $4 million, based on accounting methods that Gun disputes. Other reports have described the lawsuit as seeking as much as roughly $4.5 million and have reported additional allegations concerning financial records. Those allegations remain matters for the legal process to resolve.

In other words, this isn't simply a disagreement about the game's popularity or how it was managed. At the heart of the case is a financial dispute over how revenue from the game was calculated and what Horror, Inc. believes it was entitled to receive.

And that's only the latest legal problem surrounding Friday the 13th.

Friday the 13th: The Game's copyright problems

To understand why this situation is particularly frustrating for fans, it's necessary to go back several years.

Gun Interactive licensed the rights needed to make Friday the 13th: The Game in 2015. The project eventually became a multiplayer survival-horror experience in which one player controlled Jason while other players attempted to survive.

The concept was simple but effective: take one of the most recognizable slasher villains ever created and turn the movie's basic premise into a multiplayer game.

The result developed a dedicated community.

But behind the scenes, the Friday the 13th franchise was becoming entangled in a legal fight over who controlled parts of its intellectual property.

Victor Miller, the screenwriter of the original Friday the 13th, pursued termination of his U.S. copyright interests. Horror, Inc. challenged Miller's position in court.

Gun's latest statement points to that dispute as a major reason the game's post-launch development eventually became restricted.

According to Gun, the uncertainty surrounding the rights prevented the team from continuing with the new content players wanted. Horror, Inc. ultimately lost the initial case in 2018 and its appeal in 2021, according to Gun's account.

The important distinction here is that the copyright dispute and the current royalty lawsuit are separate legal matters. The new case concerns the business relationship surrounding the game rather than simply repeating the earlier copyright battle.

A game that never got the future fans wanted

This is arguably the most disappointing part of the entire story.

Friday the 13th: The Game had the ingredients for a long life.

It had a recognizable horror license, an unusual multiplayer concept and a community that clearly wanted more. The game could have continued receiving new maps, characters, Jason variations and other content for years.

Instead, the legal situation effectively put the brakes on that future.

Gun says that even after the earlier copyright dispute, it was interested in working with Horror, Inc. on a remastered version of the game and potentially giving it another life.

That never happened.

According to Gun, the license eventually expired, which brought the game's commercial life to an end. The game was removed from digital storefronts and its servers were eventually shut down. Gun also says it offered to continue paying to keep the servers running.

For players, the result was brutally simple: a game they had spent years playing was no longer something they could simply buy and play as before.

The bitter irony for the community

This is what makes the current lawsuit especially frustrating for many fans.

From a player's perspective, the game didn't die because people suddenly stopped caring about Jason Voorhees.

It died because the business and legal situation surrounding the franchise made continuing the game increasingly difficult.

Gun's position is essentially that it invested heavily in developing and supporting the game, paid substantial royalties, built a community around it and attempted to find a way to continue the project.

The company now argues that it shouldn't have to pay additional money years later based on accounting interpretations it disputes.

Horror, Inc., of course, has a different position, which is why the dispute is now in court.

Until the legal proceedings establish what actually happened, neither side's accusations should be treated as a final verdict.

Why this matters beyond Friday the 13th

The situation illustrates a bigger problem with licensed video games.

When a developer creates an original game, it generally controls the underlying intellectual property. A licensed game is different.

The developer can spend years building the technology, gameplay systems, community and reputation around a property it does not ultimately own.

If the license expires or the rights holders become involved in a legal dispute, the developer can suddenly find itself unable to continue supporting a game that players still want.

Friday the 13th: The Game is an especially painful example because its identity was inseparable from the franchise.

Gun couldn't simply remove Jason Voorhees and replace him with an original killer. That would fundamentally change the game.

The same licensing relationship that made the game special also created one of its biggest vulnerabilities.

Gun Interactive is still working with horror

Interestingly, this isn't the end of Gun Interactive's involvement in licensed horror.

The company has continued working in the genre, most notably with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and has also been involved with IllFonic's Halloween (affiliate link). Gun's own description of its creative philosophy emphasizes authenticity, immersion, innovation and community — qualities that have become closely associated with its approach to licensed horror projects.

The Halloween project is particularly interesting because it shows that Gun hasn't abandoned major horror properties despite the difficult history surrounding Friday the 13th.

In fact, Halloween launched in September 2026 with both single-player and multiplayer elements, giving horror fans another major licensed property to experience in game form.

That makes the current Friday the 13th dispute feel less like the end of Gun's relationship with horror and more like another chapter in a complicated history.

What happens next?

For now, the most important thing is that the case still needs to play out.

Gun Interactive has made its position very clear: it denies that it owes the additional money being claimed and says it intends to defend itself rather than settle simply because litigation is expensive.

Horror, Inc.'s claims will have to be tested through the legal process.

For fans, however, there is a much bigger question lurking behind the lawsuit.

Could Friday the 13th: The Game ever come back?

That's impossible to answer with confidence right now.

A return would require the rights holders and the game's potential developers or publishers to reach an agreement that allows the project to move forward. The current dispute certainly doesn't make that prospect any easier.

And perhaps that's the most frustrating part for the people who loved the game.

Friday the 13th: The Game proved that there was an audience for a faithful, multiplayer Jason Voorhees experience. Players showed up. The community formed. The concept worked.

But the game became trapped in circumstances that had very little to do with whether players actually wanted to keep playing it.

The latest lawsuit is therefore more than another piece of legal news for an old video game. It's a reminder of how fragile licensed games can be — and how easily years of development, community building and player loyalty can become collateral damage when the business relationships behind a franchise fall apart.

For now, Jason remains one of horror's most recognizable icons.

But his most famous multiplayer video game remains stuck in a legal nightmare of its own.

Friday the 13th: The Game Remaster?

According to Gun's statement, they wanted to do a remaster of F13 and keep the servers up and running:

Gun Interactive Statement on Horror, Inc.

 

 

Last Summer game cancelled

Friday the 13th: The Game's copygame, Last Summer, has been put on hold due to not reaching its Kickstarter goal.

 

 

An Update on the Last Summer Kickstarter

Hello Campers,

As some of you may have noticed, our Kickstarter campaign is approaching its end. Unfortunately, we are not on track to meet our fundraising goal. After a lot of thought, we have decided to cancel the campaign (all pledges will be void, and you will not be charged by Kickstarter).

Sadly, this means that we will not be able to proceed with the development of Last Summer, and the project will be put on hold.

Our team will continue to seek external funding to make Last Summer a reality. However, please be aware that we may not have updates for the foreseeable future.

We would like to thank everyone who has supported us. We have truly enjoyed this journey over the past few months and hope to be able to share Last Summer with you in the future.

The Last Summer Team.

 

How to play Friday the 13th: The Game on PS4/PS5 in 2026

For almost a year after the "death" of Friday the 13th: The Game the private server for Playstation was running smoothly, but then some invidual decided to ruin everyone's fun by a DDoS attack. Since then some extra steps are needed to be able to play F13 on Playstation. You need to verify your IP.

 

 

1) Join the Discord to get access to Playstation server: https://discord.gg/resurrected-778943077724586065

 

2) Whitelist your IP: https://whitelist.f13-resurrected.com/

 

3) Donate to keep the servers (Playstation/Resurrected) running (optional)

 

 

Playstation servers were in danger of shutting down at the end of 2025, but thanks to donations this won't happen as long as the cost of the server is covered.

 

F13: Resurrected and Playstation shutting down?

Ever since Friday the 13th: The Game died officially, fans have been blessed with private servers. Now this could come to an end.

 

 

Resurrected and Playstation servers are in danger of shutting down at the end of 2025.

 

 

It costs money to keep the mods and servers running. According to some sources these servers cost 80 dollars a month. At some point there were even links on the game's main menu screen to donate money to keep the private servers running, but they have been since removed. 

 

 

If Resurrected and Playstation are indeed shut down, that still leaves us with Camp Forest Green on PC. And some people say that a new mod, called Blood Lust, will come in early 2026. 

 

 

But for Playstation players this could be the end. 

 

EDIT

Good news. There have been enough donations to keep the servers running! The fans are refusing to let the game die.

 

 

Bad news: Playstation server was down due to hacking. 

 

 

ATTENTION ALL DNS/PLAYSTATION PLAYERS

Playstation server is back up, but to be able to play you need to verify your IP!

 

Join the Discord to get access to Playstation server: https://discord.gg/resurrected-778943077724586065

 

Here's how you can donate to keep the servers running:

 

 

Friday the 13th: The game sequel confirmed!

We have been waiting for this day, and now it's official. Friday the 13th: The game is not dead. 

Horror Inc. has confirmed that a sequel to Friday the 13th video game is in development.

This was revealed at the San Diego Comic-Con 2025. It is said that the game is at the top of Horror Inc.'s list. The game is "in the works" and is coming. 

 

 

 

Read more: New Friday the 13th Video Game is Now Official

Asymmetrical multiplayer game Summer Camp in the works

Friday the 13th: The Game is supposed to be dead, but it's still very much alive, thanks to private servers.

 

Guide: How to play Friday the 13th: The Game in 2025

 

Friday the 13th: The Game does have some dedicated fans. Some of them are now working on a multiplayer game called Summer Camp. And this game is gonna be a copy of Friday the 13th: The Game in every possible way, but it's also gonna be legal. Or at least that's the goal.

 

 

It's gonna be difficult to copy a game, and try to keep it from not breaking any copyrights at the same time. Will they succeed?

For example they are planning on having a killer with a hockey mask on in the game. Can anyone except Horror Inc. use that mask? Why take such a risk? Put some other kind of mask on the killer, if there even has to be a mask. 

 

Steam page for the game is said to be available in the near future. Fingers crossed.

You can follow Summer Camp on Twitter and Discord.

 

EDIT: Summercamp has also a subreddit now, go check them out!

 

Friday the 13th: The Game is back online

This guide was last updated on August 10, 2025

 

This post contains affiliate links.

 

Even if they shut the servers down, no matter what they do to you, you can’t die, you can never die.

 

Officially Friday the 13th: The Game stopped working at midnight EST on January 1, 2025. Since then it was only supposed to work offline, to be playable only as Jason against bots. But look what happened!

Friday the 13th the game: Can you still play?

Yes, you can.

We all thought it was the end. The end of Friday the 13th: The Game. But it wasn't. Thanks to the hardcore fans of this game. TPTB tried to pull the plug, but they couldn't. Like Jason Voorhees, Friday the 13th: The Game refused to die, and came back.

Many players are now actually buing a PS4/PS5 and a physical copy/disc of F13 to play it. In 2025! When the game was supposed to be dead.

 

Friday the 13th: The Game Fan Servers

Within two days of the game "dying" a private server was up on Playstation. Unfortunately the settings are different on Xbox, and it might be impossible to come up with a workaround for that console. 

 

How to play Friday the 13th: The Game on PS4/PS5 in 2025

If you are getting database login failure on Playstation, you can fix it by changing the DNS settings. Here's a guide how to access the private server on PS4/PS5, and keep playing F13 online.

EDIT

This server no longer works. Here are some new numbers:

 

 

Can Playstation ban you if you use a private server?

I don't know. But you play at your own risk.

How to play Friday the 13th: The Game on PC in 2025

Here's a guide how to get the update to allow online play on PC. There are also some other ways (mods) to play this game on PC.

One of these mods is Resurrected. Here is a guide how to download and play it. You do NOT need to own F13 on PC/Steam to play Resurrected, we have tested this.

Where to buy Friday the 13th: The Game in 2025

There are still new physical copies of the game available on Amazon, but the PS4-discs are selling fast now, so you might need to hurry. So even though the game was delisted from digital storefronts at the end of 2023, it can still be bought. Not even the price has gone up yet, like some people predicted.

 

Breaking news: Camp Crystal Lake is NOT closed! So Jason can quit crying, and get back to killing innocent counselors!

 

 

Can you play Friday the 13th: The Game in 2025?

This post is updated with current info/links. 

 

Is Friday the 13th: The Game dead?

For years some people had falsely claimed that this game is dead, and now it's finally true.

Friday the 13th: The Game came to an end officially on December 31, 2024. The exact time of death was at midnight EST. The game still worked for a few minutes after that, but then all the players in public lobbies and private matches were booted to the main menu, with database login failure. And this time this error is permanent.

 

The game died at 7 am my time, and I was lucky enough to see the end live on Twitch streams. Back then I didn't know when the game would stop working, I only learned about the announced time afterwards. How great that someone finally told us the time, but only 4 hours before the end.

Just before the death of Friday I saw a private match. All the counselors were around a camp fire, dancing and crying. And even Jason joined their fun. It was like a memorial service, or a wake. What a great way to send off this great game.

 

 

 

I thought that in the end I would cry, or even have a breakdown. Luckily I had been mentally preparing myself for months, saying my goodbyes to each counselor individually. I loved too many of them.

It's been heartbreaking and bittersweet to see that I'm not alone in my sorrow. That there are many others who loved this game as much as I did.

Wonder what all the kill squads, trolls, cheaters and teamers are doing now? Probably poisoning other games.

How to play Friday the 13th: The Game in 2025?

The online portion of the game is no longer officially playable on consoles. You can only play offline bots, single player challenges and the virtual cabin. And even in these you can only use Jasons part 3 and 5.

Friday the 13th: The Game back online on PS4/PS5

EDIT

Now there's also a way to play the game on PS4/PS5!

Guide: How to play Friday The 13th: Game after shutdown on Playstation 4 & 5

After just two days the game is back online on PC and PS4/PS5! Gotta love this community!

Do note that this private server might be down occasionally, and no one knows for how long this fun will last. There has been surprisingly many players (hundreds), and full lobbies.

Friday the 13th: The Game on PC in 2025

On PC there are some ways to play online matches, to enable quick play, private matches and matchmaking. 

Try these at your own risk.

[TUTORIAL] Online Fix for after 31/12

 

Youtube: Guide to play on Friday the 13th online in 2025

Then there's also a build called "Camp Forest Green", but it seems that a cease and desist is imminent. Don't ask me how to get this version.

So despite all the goodbyes and funerals, this game was dug up from its grave and hit by lightning, and lives on! Just like Jason.

Sequel to Friday the 13th: The Game?

Some people are dreaming of a sequel or a remastered version of the game, but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it.

But exactly how much would it cost to keep the game online? We still don't know that, and probably never will. There are people who would be willing to pay to be able to play this game.

But there always was an option, to make the game truly p2p. To make the database that still was on servers local. But of course Gun Media didn't bother to pursue this option. I mean why would they? They haven't made any money from this game for a long time, while still having to pay for it.

 

 

 

RIP Friday the 13th: The Game 2017-2024

Was it a fun ride? Most of the time it was frustrating and enraging. So many people say they are grateful for the great people and friends they met through this game. It seems I only met assholes... Well, like someone said: Maybe assholes like each others, and become friends?

 

I played Friday the 13th: The Game for 6 years and thousands of hours, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt (affiliate link), and severe hatred for mankind.

 

 

Like someone on Reddit said: "This game helped me escape reality." Especially at the start of the COVID pandemic. And during these last horrible months, after all my 3 cats died within a short period of time. Now I have to face reality again: the cats are gone, and so is Friday. And I'll never be the same again.

Rest in peace my favorite game of all time, Friday the 13th: The Game. I'll miss you forever. Life is nothing without you.

 

And by the way, my Youtube-channel is full of videos of my very boring Friday the 13th gameplay.

After the break there are some more images related to the end of the best game ever.

Saying goodbye to the love of my life

Now it's officially over, for good. In the end I only got six and a half years with you. You will forever be the love of my life. I thank you for the memories, both good and bad. Unfortunately, there are more of the bad ones, or at least they are easier to remember.

 

 

For reasons beyond our control, it was difficult from the beginning. Other parties tried to stop us from being together, to cut it short. They also predicted that it wouldn't last, they already judged it dead years ago. In that regard, I feel very lucky that it lasted this long. Even though it went badly, it could have gone worse.

In a perfect world, this wouldn't have happened, and we could have continued together for a long time. Maybe not forever, but longer than we had now. We could have had many more good years together.

I remember my first time with you. I was so scared that I hid under the bed, hoping that I wouldn't be found.

 

 

I met a lot of people through you. Too many of them only increased my hatred of people, but of course it wasn't your fault. You couldn't control what kind of people would come to you. But sometimes it felt like you brought out the worst in people. I know that at some point you tried to get rid of the assholes, but in the end you couldn't, and I can understand that. Some even took advantage of you, and I'm ashamed to admit that sometimes I caved in to it myself. I regret some of the things I did.

Your life story is so sad, and above all unfair. You were a victim of things you couldn't control. When the first problem came, you were abandoned. You were left alone, adrift. Sometimes certain people still tried, but in vain. They just broke you more and worse.

You had already been through a lot when I met you, and parts of your past are still a mystery to me. I'll never know everything about you, and like with many other things, that's one of the tragedies of life.

We argued a lot, and I admit that it was mostly my fault. I often got frustrated, and stressed out. Only in the end did I find a more relaxed way to be with you.

I don't know if I can go on without you. Of course, there are other fish in the sea, but none of them are anything compared to you. You brought me to life in a completely different way.

I wish I could say that I enjoyed every moment with you, but that wasn't the case. With you, I went through all the emotions, it was never boring. I constantly learned new sides of you, and yet I knew that I could never know you completely.

Without you, my life will be much more boring. I don't know where I could find any joy anymore. There is nothing to look forward to. Nothing to do, especially on my weekend evenings.

I had been counting down the minutes for a long time, and when the time came, I was afraid that I would cry, throw up, and break down, but surprisingly, that didn't happen. I had already done the grieving process, and overdosed on you in the last few months.

I wish we had never crossed paths. It would have been easier if I had not known you existed. Or rather, I wish I had never gotten to know you. Fallen in love with you.

Some things you just can't control, and this was one of them. I don't know if there was any way you could have been saved. At least not in this reality.

Now the plug has been pulled. I was lucky, and I got to see live the moment you crossed over from time into eternity.

Farewell the love of my life, Friday the 13th: The Game.

Rest in peace, my love.

Merry Last Christmas of Friday the 13th: The Game!

There's only one week, just seven days, left to enjoy the existence of Friday the 13th: The Game!

And what could possibly be a better way to celebrate the last Christmas ever than playing as Chad in his red speedo?

Have you been naughty or nice this year? I know for a fact that Jason has been very, very naughty. Well, come 2025 his reign of terror will be over.

 

This game coming to a dead end is the biggest horror of them all, but there's at least one positive thing about it.

"You can't get killed by Jason if you can't play the game."

 

Jason Voorhees Christmas Memes

 

Were you on Jason's Dead List this year?

 

 

When you are looking for the perfect tree...

Oh, I'm sure that more than anything you want to see photos of that promised (red) speedo Chad...

Christmas spirit achieved, am I right?! 

 

Happy holidays to everyone except Jason!

 

EDITED to add this gem:

The death of Friday the 13th: The Game

I get commissions for purchases made through the links in this post, at no cost to you.

 

I've written about the end of Friday the 13th: The Game before, but I can't stop crying about it. There are two Friday the 13ths left this year, the first one today, and with those the tale of this game will come to an end.

 

 

Is Friday the 13th: The game getting shut down?

 

Yes. Every day the end is getting nearer. The end of Friday the 13th: The Game. After December 31 2024 the game won't be playable anymore. Never again.

Yes, I have heard some things about possible private servers on PC in the future. But Friday the 13th: The Game Resurrected only lived for a second, before it was taken down for legal reasons.

I wish I could focus on the good memories, but always the assholes come to mind first. The teamers, the cheaters and so on. I have always hated people, but online multiplayer games have made me hate people even more. I have lost all faith in humanity. So thank you, assholes!

 

 

Friday the 13th game: Can you still play?

 
Yes, you can. But only till the end of year 2024.

While I still can, I have promised myself to play this game as much as I can. Thankfully there still are lot of active players, at least on PS4/PS5. On PC the game has been a mess for years.

I'm gonna play it every day, or try to. At least starting from the beginning of October. The Halloween month. Should I celebrate Halloween by playing only as Lachappa, again? To experience the true horror of Halloween.

Some counselors are my favorites, while some certainly aren't. But still I want to play as them all before it all ends.  

 

Playing this game always makes me stressed and angry, and it's terrible for my health. So it makes absolutely no sense why I even want to play it. But addictions can rarely be explained.

And just the thought of New year's eve makes me wanna vomit. If I'm still alive then... and if the game is still alive then... how will I be able to play the until the literal end, while crying and throwing up? I want to play it all through the night if the game closes in the morning of January 1st my time. But the game was taken from sale earlier than they promised, so when will the actual closing time be? Even before than New year's eve? And I'm afraid that my last match in this game is gonna be a horrible one. Stupid death, teamers and cheaters all combined? I want my last match to be a survival. That's what I always hope for when I play this game.

 

 

This game means too much to me, especially since Covid. Instead of going to bars on the weekends I stayed home to play Friday 13th. And I still do. After this game ends I might have to go outside again and face the real world. Oh the horror, oh the pain.