Netflix has opted not to renew its live-action series adaptation of the beloved video game series Resident Evil. Deadline was the first to report.

The decision comes roughly six weeks after the series debuted on July 14, and the show--as Deadline speculates--didn't deliver the word-of-mouth numbers that Netflix was hoping for. Although audiences and critics were split on the show, GameSpot's Chris E. Hayner found the adaptation to be an ambitious and unusual interpretation of the source material.

Hayner writes in his review: "It's off to a strong start to claim the award for best adaptation we've yet seen… it's telling a new story that's not beholden to the events of the games, but with the series' major trappings: namely, zombies and mutant monsters created by an evil pharmaceutical corporation."