MMOs, unfortunately, do not last forever. When they sunset and close down for good, the whole genre mourns.
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Tactical shooter Spectre Divide folds weeks after launch despite $60M in investment
Another multiplayer game bites the dust -- and this one virtually right out of the gate.
Calling to mind the abrupt closure last year of...
Gran Saga’s global version will shut down on April 30
If there was anyone out there who was enjoying the global version of NPixel's anime MMO Gran Saga, then we've got some unfortunate news...
The First Descendant previews next week’s update, confirms the end of older console support in June
The First Descendant is continuing to hype up its earlier previewed March update as this week brought another developer livestream for the Season 2...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: QANGA, Urban Dead, Voxile, and Cyborg Immortal
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer games you've never heard of!
QANGA
QANGA is a new-to-us multiplayer sci-fi survivalbox from iolaCorp Studio...
PvPvE extraction RPG Dungeonborne will sunset in May after less than a year in early access
The yawning gulf of early access shutdowns has claimed yet another title. Dungeonborne, the medieval-styled first-person PvPvE extraction RPG that began early access last...
Dauntless is officially sunsetting following the layoff of the team back in January
I'm sorry to report this afternoon that Phoenix Labs' Dauntless is closing down.
The sunset news came in the form of a brief tweet this...
The reboot of Kickstarted MMO Shards Online, Legends of Aria Classic, is officially sunsetting
I'm sorry to report this morning that Legends of Aria Classic is closing its doors - again. The news comes via the game's Patreon...
Realm Royale and Divine Knockout officially sunset, SMITE 2 adds Achilles to the roster
The end of last year spelled the official death knell for Realm Royale Reforged and Divine Knockout as Hi-Rez Studios confirmed both games would...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Luckcatchers 2, Storebound, Might of Spells
Welcome back to a roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent games you've (very likely) never heard of. If you have, then pat yourself on the...
Riders of Icarus, which once had 1M western players, is riding into the sunset under Valofe’s banners
A week ago, we covered the odd news that Valofe's Riders of Icarus had abruptly canceled its plans to merge down the North American...
Players start a #SaveMultiVersus campaign, but is it too little, too late?
It's a testament to the love for MultiVersus that the community has come out in droves in an effort to save the game from...
Multiversus’ game director on the shutdown: ‘Nobody wanted this outcome’
The shockwaves of bummer continue to ripple throughout the Multiversus community and development team following last week's announcement that the Warner Bros battler is...
VR MMORPG OrbusVR announces a sunset date of April 6 after eight years
The VR MMORPG space is not exactly one of robust health, but for a while it seemed as if one very plucky little game...
SMITE 1 will sunset on the Nintendo Switch May 1 over apparent quality issues
If you were a fan of the original SMITE on the Nintendo Switch, we have some unfortunate news for you. Hi-Rez's Titan Forge has...
Elder Scrolls Legends has officially sunsetted after years of lingering in maintenance mode
Back in November, we covered the sad news that multiplayer CCG Elder Scrolls Legends was truly doomed. After siloing the game off under a...
A publisher pivot and layoffs apparently killed Thought Pennies’ Warhammer 40K PvE ‘social roleplaying game’
We all know that the past year or so has been rough on new games and new studios, but it still sucks when we...
Rumor: NCsoft may have canceled its unannounced Horizon MMO
For the last couple of years, we've had plenty of clues that Sony and NCsoft were collaborating on some sort of MMORPG in the...
The US TikTok ban (temporarily) took out mobile CCG Marvel Snap and mobile RPG Watcher of Realms
This week we have a classic case of the complex connection between one company and its multiple revenue streams, the geopolitical landscape, and how...
Splash Damage pulled the plug on online shooter Transformers: Reactivate
Transformers is a franchise that's had a surprisingly difficult time breaking into the online sector, and it looks like its luck isn't changing any...
Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2024
Welcome to the worst article I have to write every year. I mean, nobody is really making me do it. But I still feel...
