The good news is that our sunsetted MMO list from 2019 is shorter than in most years. The bad news, of course, is that it’s not empty. The worst news is that several of the games that departed were fairly highly regarded.
Most notably, Gamigo shuttered Atlas Reactor, Neowiz put Bless Online’s last version out to pasture, and Bossa gave up on Worlds Adrift, not even providing players a way to play their creations offline. Probably the roughest for our own community is the loss of Fallen Earth, whose new owners have taken it offline indefinitely while they work on some sort of replacement version for the game. And even if you didn’t care for PlanetSide Arena, there’s no joy in watching MMORPG studio Daybreak have to sunset it.
On the upside? Kritika Online was revived by its original developer. Let’s call that the best un-sunset of the year. And don’t forget the resurrection of City of Heroes…
Farewell, old friends.
Robot Entertainment is shutting down multiple online games, including Orcs Must Die! Unchained
Ragnarok Online 2 stumbles into maintenance mode as Gravity officially ends development
Online shooter Blacklight Retribution is sunsetting its PC servers in March
Korean MMO ROSE Online is shutting down permanently after lengthy maintenance mode
Heroes of Newerth gets its final major patch on February 26
Valve is getting rid of Steam’s non-gaming video service because you probably didn’t know it existed
PWE is sunsetting the Foundry system in Star Trek Online and Neverwinter
Kritika Online is shutting down in the west in April
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Astroflux, Star Sonata, and Mankind Reborn
The Culling will sunset in May after unsuccessful free-to-play relaunch
Survived By passes away on April 19
Dragon Nest’s European servers are sunsetting in May
Dragon Quest X will shutter in China on May 30
QC Games says it’s ‘winding down internal operations on Breach’
Monster Hunter Online is sunsetting in China at the end of this year
Gamigo is sunsetting Atlas Reactor this summer
Burnout Paradise’s online mode downshifts into the sunset
Daybreak’s Z1 Battle Royale is sunsetting its South American servers, canceling Showdown event
Kritika Online’s last day up in the west is April 30, but TERA and Closers are offering incentives to refugees
The Stream Team: Saying so long to Kritika Online
Meta: A heartfelt farewell to MMO Fallout
Tree of Life heads into maintenance mode today as studio Oddone moves to new projects
The sad remains of the Ouya console will finally sunset on June 25
Worlds Adrift to close in July with ‘End of the World Party’
Bless Online’s Japanese server is sunsetting in August
Bless Online’s western version will sunset on September 9
ELOA aka Warlords Awakening suffers the indignity of a triple shutdown
E3 2019: Terraria: Journey’s End will be the game’s final update before entering maintenance mode
Amazon Game Studios is apparently suffering layoffs and game cancelations
The Daily Grind: Do you check out sunsetting MMOs on their last days of operation?
Perfect Ten: The most poorly managed MMO sunsets of all time
Farewell, Atlas Reactor: Gamigo has officially sunsetted the first of its Trion MMOs
After suggesting it’d save Player Studio, Daybreak has quietly shuttered it for EverQuest instead
Ubisoft’s Mighty Quest for Epic Loot is resurrected — as a mobile game
The Stream Team: Say good-bye as Worlds Adrift floats into the sunset
Alpha MMO battle royale Mavericks has been canceled as its company enters bankruptcy
Internet spaceship roguelike MMO Lazarus is shutting down
Fallen Earth is going offline indefinitely (but hope remains for a reboot)
Bless Online has officially sunsetted – RIP, Bless
Fallen Earth postpones anniversary event and server shutdown by a little bit
Paladins is shutting down in China on November 30
Fallen Earth begins its Last Stand
MMO Business Roundup: Nexon drops Tree of Savior, plus DUNE hires and Pearl Abyss’ new HQ
Nexon is sunsetting mobile survival MMO Durango Wild Lands already
Beloved SoulWorker rogue server Burning SoulWorker has sunsetted
Nexon has officially cancelled Dragon Hound
Survival shooter DEATHGARDEN announces its shutdown and goes free-to-play in the meantime
Battleborn is shutting down for good in January 2021
Bethesda’s MMOTCG Elder Scrolls Legends is destined for maintenance mode
Dragon’s Dogma Online has officially closed down
Browser-based strategy MMO AD2460 will sunset on March 1
Dang, Astellia Online is sunsetting in its native South Korea
Daybreak is shutting PlanetSide Arena down in January 2020
The Daily Grind: What was the most painful MMO sunset of 2019?
