MMOs, unfortunately, do not last forever. When they sunset and close down for good, the whole genre mourns.
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Element Quest is already sunsetting as devs lament a lack of players and funds
Well, damn: Element Quest, that cutesy MapleStory-esque MMO we covered last month, isn't gonna make it. Developer Musclebird announced on Steam last week that it's...
Kritika:REBOOT is shutting down on February 16
Kritika Online originally was brought over by En Masse Entertainment and lasted for about a year and a half before being shut down by...
Sea of Thieves plans new content seasons for 2022 but sunsets arena mode
Sea of Thieves went a bit Mary Celeste over the holidays, but this week, Rare has resurfaced with an outline of content through the...
Global Agenda is back from the dead at least temporarily, Hi-Rez confirms
Global Agenda has long been a lament in the sliver of the MMO community that loved it. It was a Hi-Rez Studios free-to-play MMO...
TERA is apparently sunsetting its Japanese servers in April
Bad news for TERA players, at least those who played on the Japanese servers: The game is closing down in that region in April.
The...
Webzen is closing down five-year-old Mu Origin in the west
Mu Origin is apparently en route to shutdown here in the west.
"It has been over 5 years that we have traveled the MU continent...
The Xbox One era is finally, officially over, plus Halo 3 sunsets
It's the end of a monumental era of console gaming, as Microsoft confirmed that it discontinued all production of Xbox One S units a...
Eternal Magic, infamous for alleged plagiarism, has sunsetted as of today
If you can stretch your brain all the way back to the long, long ago of 2019, you might recall that we saw the...
Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2021
This is always one of the most depressing roundups I do around the turn of every year, and this year... well, we lost some...
Star Trek Online community podcast Priority One Podcast decides to wrap up after 535 episodes
After 10 years and over 500 episodes, the Star Trek Online community is losing one of its biggest podcasts and a show that we...
The Daily Grind: What was the most painful MMO sunset of 2021?
We saw multiple smaller MMORPGs close down in 2021, and in fact in the new year we'll be recapping all of them. But in...
LEGO Universe emu Darkflame Universe has released its server source code
In the middle of October we had to report the bittersweet news that the LEGO Universe emulator Darkflame Universe was going to shut down...
Titanfall enters maintenance mode as it’s removed from digital storefronts
For those who were curious about trying out Titanfall, the online FPS from Respawn Entertainment, we've got some particularly unfortunate news. The studio has...
Gamigo just abruptly sunsetted its brand-new MOBA Skydome
If you're currently wondering what Skydome is, well, that was part of the problem. Skydome was a multiplayer 4v4 MOBA hybrid from Brazil's Kinship...
Whatever happened to Spellbook’s MMO roguelike The Yellow King?
Last week, MMO Fallout's Connor mentioned adding The Yellow King to his abandonware list, reminding me that I meant to dig into this game...
Level 5’s Fantasy Life Online shutting down in Japan, but a global version may be coming soon
It's the end of a short era for one mobile MMO, as Level 5 announced that it'll be closing down Fantasy Life Online next...
Pathfinder Online disables all purchasing prior to its closure
Sometimes an MMO shutdown happens faster than you can blink, and sometimes a sunset is a drawn-out affair. Pathfinder Online is taking the latter...
Niantic is shutting down Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, its second sunset announcement of the year
Remember how Niantic recently shut down Catan: World Explorers? Well, it's happening again, and this time to Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, on January 31st,...
Fortnite is closing down in China on November 15
One of the biggest names in battle royale is closing up shop in China in the middle of this month. The Chinese version of...
The Stream Team: Bidding a final farewell to Magic Legends
You never like to say goodbye to a game, but that's just what's happening to fans of the ARPG Magic Legends as it officially...
