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Vampire battle royale Bloodhunt confirms it’s entering maintenance mode...
It looks like the battle royale genre didn’t have enough blood in it to sustain more than a couple of titles: Bloodhunt, Sharkmob’s vampiric battle royale set in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe,...
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Seafaring MMO Rulers of the Sea and its development studio announce their...
Back in 2019 we highlighted Rulers of the Sea, an MMO in development by Dutch studio Deadeye Games set in the seafaring real world, circa 1750. The promising title was looking to incorporate 152...
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Gameforge is sunsetting Swords of Legends Online not quite two years after...
I wish I could say nobody saw this coming, but unfortunately, the writing has been on the wall for a while: Gameforge announced this morning that it’s sunsetting the western version of Swords of...
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Marvel’s Avengers coasts toward its end with a final patch that unlocks...
Missing Marvel Heroes on its 10th anniversary? Your inclination may be to look for an acceptable substitute — but keep looking beyond Marvel’s Avengers because that is one multiplayer title with an...
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The Daily Grind: Would you prefer maintenance mode or sunsets for your...
Let me start by making something clear: I would always prefer that a game go into maintenance mode rather than shutting down. While it may be sad to know that a game will never get another major...
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Funcom has unceremoniously axed Advisors of Rubi-Ka, Anarchy Online’s player...
Unfortunately, we’ve got another blast of bad news out of Funcom this afternoon – a studio not exactly known for properly maintaining its old properties. This time, the victim is Anarchy Online – no,...
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The Realm Online is shuttering its rebooted version at the end of June
Five years ago, a group of enterprising fans banded together to assemble and run an improved version of the classic MMORPG The Realm Online by working with the IP holders, Norseman Games. We even had...
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Pokemon Go’s top datamining community site announces ‘soft shutdown’ over...
PokeMiners, Pokemon Go’s largest and most popular datamining group, announced this week that it is further reducing its efforts and participation in the game, owing entirely to studio Niantic’s...
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MultiVersus’ beta has closed down, but still can be played offline for the...
Over the weekend, the ability to answer “who would win in a fight between Shaggy from Scooby-Doo and Batman (not from Scooby-Doo)” was taken away from us all, as MultiVersus closed its open beta as...
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The Cycle Frontier will sunset in September owing to financial inviability
Five years ago next month, we learned about a new PvEvP “shooter with a twist” that was supposed to incorporate battle royale elements without just being yet another battle royale. It finally launched...
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Niantic lays off 230 workers, affecting Pokemon Go, in cost-slashing...
The beleaguered Pokemon Go company Niantic has been under fire all year from unhappy players, and now, the company itself is undergoing a restructure with significant layoffs. Niantic’s John Hanke told...
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So now The Realm Online is apparently being sold to an undisclosed new studio
Last week, player-led developer Realm Worlds announced a shutdown for the current version of The Realm Online, owing to the fact that the game wasn’t making enough income to pay the developers and most...
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Call of Duty: Warzone 1.0, Forza Horizon 1, and Forza Horizon 2 all receive...
It’s that sad time of year when the herd is rounded up and stragglers are culled and designated for the virtual slaughterhouse. And so it is that we say farewell to three online titles this month that...
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The Realm Online’s corporate buyer surfaces with a bizarre website and studio...
Over the course of June, we learned the sad news that player-led developer Realm Worlds would be shutting down the current version of The Realm Online; the group told players that the game wasn’t...
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Niantic is sunsetting Marvel World of Heroes after all – tomorrow, in fact
At the end of June, Pokemon Go company Niantic announced a restructure of its entire business, a closure of its LA studio, the layoff of 230, and the end of multiple games, all owing to the company’s...
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The Soapbox: The day my son lost his first online video game to a sunset
It was a few weeks back that I walked into our family room and saw my 14-year-old son crouched over the iPad with a watch in hand doing something very meticulous and intentional. I paused and asked,...
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Bandai-Namco will sunset Gundam Evolution after barely a year
We’ve got some bad news for fans of Gundam Evolution: Bandai Namco is already shutting it down, and though the company doesn’t give a particularly compelling reason, as you’ll shortly see it’s likely a...
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Kakao partially denies report that ArcheAge will sunset following XLGAMES...
[We’re updating at the end with Kakao’s statements.] Korea’s Money Today News has a disturbing scoop on turmoil at XLGAMES that appears to mean layoffs inside the studio – and a closure of ArcheAge in...
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Iron Realms puts two of its MUDs into maintenance mode including Starmourn
Those who have dabbled or gone hardcore into the world of multi-user dungeons (MUDs) and text-based MMOs will no doubt recognize the name of Iron Realms. This studio’s built an empire out of running...
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Electronic Arts announces online server shutdowns for three more of its games
It’s really hard to know how many people were using online multiplayer or accessing online servers for Dead Space 2, Crysis 3, or Dante’s Inferno, but just in case those likely few doing so are...
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