Better buy Sword Coast Legends while you still can: It appears that Wizards of the Coast and Digital Extremes will be ending the publishing contract for the Dungeons and Dragons-based co-op game at the end of 2017. The good news that the servers will stay up for those who already own it (or who purchase it before December 31st).
“Purchase Sword Coast Legends now at 67% off and receive the Rage of Demons DLC for free,” the devs posted to the official forums. “Our publishing contracting is ending, but although Sword Coast Legends will no longer be available to purchase after December, its multiplayer servers will remain live indefinitely.” (It looks to be $14.99 on Steam as I type this, so the sale doesn’t appear to be live yet.)
We’ve been following the game since 2015 when we first heard about this odd multiplayer-slash-single-player game, which allowed one player to step into the gamemaster’s shoes to run campaigns for a team. It officially launched in October of that year after an initial delay, then rolled out an expansion in May of 2016, followed by a double console launch in July of 2016, but it’s been relatively quiet since then. In the middle of it all, the original developer, n-Space, was shuttered, leaving further development to Digital Extremes.
Our sympathies go out to all the players and developers affected by the de facto maintenance moding of the game.
Our E3 2015 and PAX Prime 2015 impressions with the game were relatively positive, and we streamed it as well if you’re wanting a peek before you panic/impulse buy; we’ve included those looks below.
Sword Coast Legends will no longer be available for purchase after December 31, 2017.
As a thank you to the fans that have supported the game, the servers will remain online for the foreseeable future. For more info, head over to our Forums: https://t.co/QPcCaKCvTG
— Sword Coast Legends (@SwordCoast) December 11, 2017
