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The Daily Grind: Do you check out sunsetting MMOs on their last days of operation?
I've never played Worlds Adrift, and in the near future I will never be able to do so. Despite this fact, I'm in no particular...
ELOA aka Warlords Awakening suffers the indignity of a triple shutdown
Here's a hat trick that no MMORPG ever wants to earn: being closed three times in a row. For Elite Lord of Alliance (ELOA),...
Worlds Adrift to close in July with ‘End of the World Party’
Say farewell to grappling hooks, sky piracy, endless exploration, and one promising SpatialOS MMORPG, because Worlds Adrift has announced that it is closing its...
Burnout Paradise’s online mode downshifts into the sunset
Wait, there was a Burnout Paradise? And it's shutting down?
Don't feel silly if this title escaped your notice, because it probably did a lot...
Monster Hunter Online is sunsetting in China at the end of this year
Bad news for the Chinese hunters of Monster Hunter Online: Tencent has announced that the game will be shutting down at the end of...
Kritika Online is shutting down in the west in April
Sad news for Kritika Online fans today, as En Masse Entertainment has officially announced the shuttering of the game on April 30th of this...
Korean MMO ROSE Online is shutting down permanently after lengthy maintenance mode
After about thirteen years of operation, one Korean MMORPG is calling it quits.
Gravity Corp's ROSE Online closed its doors earlier this week on February...
The Daily Grind: Are you doing anything for WildStar’s sign-off?
Today is the day we say goodbye to WildStar for good, something that I am profoundly sorry to see happen. This was a game that...
Perfect World is sunsetting Swordsman Online and Jade Dynasty as teams move on to ‘bigger and better things’
Perfect World announced two sunsets yesterday: Four-year-old Swordsman Online and nine-year-old Jade Dynasty will close down in June. Here's the official announcement for Swordsman...
Ragnarok Online shuts down in Europe due to new regulations [Update: US servers blocking EU access]
Update: This story was a miscommunication in the media. It turns out that while the servers are staying up, Ragnarok Online's North American servers...
The Stream Team: Farewell, Master X Master
It is never a happy day to see a game end. Perhaps inevitable in the grand scheme of life, but never happy. Today Massively...
Dungeon & Fighter: Spirit shuts down in South Korea
Once one of the up-and-coming mobile MMOs on the scene, Dungeon & Fighter: Spirit is ending its short-lived run in South Korea.
The action MMO,...
Asta Online prepares to shut its doors… again
Alas-ta, poor Asta Online. We were pretty surprised when the game got its third lease on life earlier this year, but it appears to...
CCP Games ceases VR development, closes two studios – no negative impact on EVE Online
Icelandic business website mbl.is has just reported that EVE Online developer CCP Games is planning to close two of its offices and cease all...
Ghost in the Shell Online will close on December 6 in North America
So, remember how Ghost in the Shell Online announced it was shuttering in Japan without announcing that it was also shuttering in North America?...
Emil Chronicle Online closes its last server
It's the end of the line for one long-running Japanese MMORPG.
Emil Chronicle Online, also abbreviated ECO (no relation), is closing down its very last...
War of Genesis 4 heads off to the MMO retirement farm
War of Genesis 4 Online: Spiral Genesis might have had an impressively long title, but it did not have a lifespan to match.
Steparu reported...
Neverwinter is sunsetting in China
MMO Culture is reporting that Perfect World's China branch has announced that Neverwinter's Chinese version is shutting down. The game is expected to sunset...
Firefall appears to have silently sunsetted (Update: Or maybe not?)
Update, 8:39 p.m. EDT: The game and site are back online now, still with no explanation or clarification from The9 whatsoever. Hopefully it stays up for...
Trinium Wars will sunset at the end of the the month
Get your playtime in now, folks: Trinium Wars will sunset at the end of the the month.
A spokesperson for InselGames confirmed to us that the...