shutdowns
One More Game ends dev on multiplayer battler Spellcraft after failing to find a ‘financially viable’ prototype
Things have been worryingly quiet over at developer One More Game and its self-described "real-time battler" Spellcraft. The multiplayer tactical title was first unveiled...
Mobile co-op multiplayer RPG Echoes of Mana announces a May 15 sunset
Echoes of Mana is not a game that we've really touched on here but it does fall within our sphere of interest: The mobile...
PvPvE survival shooter Scavengers goes from maintenance mode to sunsetted on December 16
It's been a fairly long stretch of time since we've heard much out of Scavengers, the PvPvE survival shooter from developer Midwinter Entertainment, but...
Babylon’s Fall is shutting down on February 27
It turns out that building a looter-shooter that is more of a looter-slasher is harder than it looks. Square-Enix and Platinum Games' Babylon's Fall...
Ubisoft delays sunsetting some online games – including Anno 2070
Ubisoft has an ongoing habit of launching games with online components and then turning those online components off when the games get old enough,...
Maplestory 2 announces a shutdown date for its Chinese server in November
Alas, poor Maplestory 2, you were cute and likable and then you got kicked to the curb after less than two years. We did...
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...
LawBreakers has formally shut down
It doesn't come as a surprise, but LawBreakers has officially gone dark now with the shutdown of its servers. This follows the timeline originally...
A eulogy for WildStar – a marvelous MMORPG and avoidable tragedy
Friends, readers, genre fans, lend me your eyes; I come to bury WildStar, not to praise it. But just like Marc Antony, I'm going...
The Daily Grind: How much does fear of an MMO shutdown affect your playtime?
There are two basic reactions I've seen to people who fear that their favorite MMO is going to shut down. Not people who know,...
Echo of Soul closes its Classic servers on May 23
It's been a while since we've talked about Echo of Soul, but it turns out that a lot has been happening with the game...
The Daily Grind: Has the MOBA bubble burst?
The past few weeks have not been kind for fans of MOBAs. In a short span of time we've lost Paragon, Master x Master,...
Battleborn’s updates come to an end after its next patch
The only really good news for Battleborn fans is that the end of updates does not mean the end of everything for the game....
Raptr is shutting down on September 30th
Do you remember Raptr? You can see a screenshot from our own memories of it right there in the header. Yes, there was a...
The Soapbox: Your favorite MMO is going to die
Your favorite MMO is going to die. Don't take it personally, though; every other MMO is going to shut down, too. That includes my...
Landmark is shutting down on February 21
Sad news for fans of Landmark who were happy to see it have its own life after the closure of EverQuest Next; Daybreak has...
The Daily Grind: Which 2016 MMO shutdown affected you the most?
Every game is someone's favorite. It might be for silly reasons, but even when games that you barely think of get shuttered, someone is...
Take a look behind the curtain at The Matrix Online’s emulation history
The last message from The Matrix Online servers came back in 2009. The game is dead and gone. And yet there are still people...
Need for Speed World is shutting down on July 14th
Need for Speed World has entered its final lap. After five years of operation, the game is shutting down on July 14th, with purchases...
Allods Online is shutting down in China
So long, Allods Online; you will be remembered. The Russian-made fantasy MMO is shutting down... in China. The English servers are still just fine....
