MMOs, unfortunately, do not last forever. When they sunset and close down for good, the whole genre mourns.
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Riders of Icarus has apparently sunsetted its only Russian server
Pour one out for Riders of Icarus aka Icarus Online, which apparently sunsetted its Russian server this week.
As MMO Fallout first reported, the game...
Niantic is shutting down Catan: World Explorers after a lackluster early access run
Not everything Niantic touches turns to gold -- or becomes an instant hit. Case in point, Catan: World Explorers has been kind of a...
Kingdom Under Fire 2 is shutting down in October
It's almost time to wave farewell to Kingdom Under Fire 2; publisher Gameforge has announced that the title will sunset for good on October 26th,...
LittleBigPlanet’s PS3 and Vita servers will remain offline permanently thanks to a toxic hacker
This past May we reported on the woes of the original LittleBigPlanet, a cutesy 2.5-D platformer that is a primarily single-player experience but also...
Eternal Crusade is now officially shut down for good
We're not entirely certain, but this probably means that the heretics won. Eternal Crusade is now shut down for good, with the developers posting one last...
T3Fun is shutting down its version of Granado Espada this month
Considering that no updates or even maintenance has been done on Granado Espada (also called Sword of the New World) over the past year,...
Steam mysteriously bans two Chinese MMOARPGs
Strange things are apparently afoot in the dark recesses of Steam's MMO section. MMO Fallout reports this week that Valve mysteriously delisted two titles...
Aika Online announces a September 15 sunset date
In this latest episode of "I didn't even realize that game was still running," Aika Online is finally closing its doors after over a...
Astellia Royal has announced its sunset now too after less than a year online
Earlier this week, we passed along the sad but not unexpected news that Astellia Online, which had dwindled in playerbase and seen its forums...
Astellia Online has now officially announced an October 29 sunset
Yesterday afternoon, the MMO community raised a collective eyebrow at the realization that Astellia Online and Astellia Royal had vanished from Steam without so much...
Pathfinder Online, Kickstarted for $1M in 2012, will sunset in November
I'm sorry to report that Paizo has announced the end of Pathfinder Online. MOP readers know that the MMO was Kickstarted for over a million...
Not So Massively: Magic Legends had all the right ideas and all the wrong choices
This is the worst kind of column to write. Not only am I reporting on the closure of a game, but it's a game...
Magic Legends taps out: PWE and Cryptic are shutting it down before it even fully launched
Bad news for fans of Magic Legends: PWE and Cryptic announced this afternoon that they're sunsetting the game in October. Steve Ricossa broke the...
The MOP Up: Rogalia says goodbye, farewell, and amen
It may not have been an MMO you heard of -- and that's the problem, because it seems like nobody else heard of Rogalia...
GTAO is sunsetting on the PS3 and Xbox 360 at the end of the year
Call it death-by-old-console: Rockstar announced today that it's shutting down two versions of Grand Theft Auto Online on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3...
The sun is setting on Need for Speed’s online offerings, Call of Duty Online in China, and multiple SUBA MMOs
I'd like to say that a roundup of impending sunsets is a first on MOP, but this is 2021, the year Gamigo sunsetted a...
Diablo-like MMO Cronous is closing down this summer
It seems kind of sad that the very first time we mention an MMO on this site is to tell you that it's shutting...
LOTRO shutting down Ithil progression server, offers free transfers
Back when Lord of the Rings Online rolled out its progression server Anor back in November 2018, the response was so overwhelming that SSG...
The Stream Team: So long, SoulWorker
Massively OP's MJ had a first look at SoulWorker, and now she's having a final look. The anime action combat MMO is closing its...
Gameforge officially sunsets the western version of SoulWorker tomorrow
Back in February, we covered the frustrating announcement that Gameforge was planning to sunset the Western version of SoulWorker. The only good news to...
