MMOs, unfortunately, do not last forever. When they sunset and close down for good, the whole genre mourns.
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Cryptic gives Magic Legends a one-day stay of execution
Those who want to get their last dose of Magic Legends before its closure have a little more time to do it -- but...
Texas-based PAX South won’t be back thanks to COVID and declining participation
While the COVID pandemic has made us no strangers to gaming convention cancellations, usually announcements of such are followed up by a hopeful look...
Fallen Earth’s servers are finally back online after two years – Fallen Earth Classic is live
Well, that didn't take long: Just one week after initially teasing Fallen Earth Classic, Little Orbit has got the whole thing online. Downloads were...
Steam silently removes Population Zero from its store but keeps the soundtrack up for purchase
If the pile of user reviews warning players off and our own reporting weren't enough to let you know that Population Zero is officially...
One month away from its sunset, Pathfinder Online is still adding new content
Back in July, we wrote about the impending closure of Pathfinder Online, and now, that closure is almost upon us. At the time, Paizo...
Astellia Online went ahead and sunsetted early this week – RIP
Blink and you missed it: Astellia Online is already gone.
Back in August, we covered the news that the MMO and its free-to-play and poorly...
Post-apoc survival sandbox Edengrad has officially (and quietly) been cancelled
It's officially the end of the road for Edengrad, the post-apocalyptic survival sandbox from developer Huckleberry Games, and much like someone caught in the...
LEGO Universe emulator Darkflame Universe is going dark – but not before distributing its source code
Darkflame Universe, the player-run emulator of the long-shuttered MMO LEGO Universe, has been rather quiet for a while now. Readers will recall that the...
Riders of Icarus has apparently sunsetted its only Russian server
Pour one out for Riders of Icarus aka Icarus Online, which apparently sunsetted its Russian server this week.
As MMO Fallout first reported, the game...
Niantic is shutting down Catan: World Explorers after a lackluster early access run
Not everything Niantic touches turns to gold -- or becomes an instant hit. Case in point, Catan: World Explorers has been kind of a...
Kingdom Under Fire 2 is shutting down in October
It's almost time to wave farewell to Kingdom Under Fire 2; publisher Gameforge has announced that the title will sunset for good on October 26th,...
LittleBigPlanet’s PS3 and Vita servers will remain offline permanently thanks to a toxic hacker
This past May we reported on the woes of the original LittleBigPlanet, a cutesy 2.5-D platformer that is a primarily single-player experience but also...
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...
T3Fun is shutting down its version of Granado Espada this month
Considering that no updates or even maintenance has been done on Granado Espada (also called Sword of the New World) over the past year,...
Steam mysteriously bans two Chinese MMOARPGs
Strange things are apparently afoot in the dark recesses of Steam's MMO section. MMO Fallout reports this week that Valve mysteriously delisted two titles...
Aika Online announces a September 15 sunset date
In this latest episode of "I didn't even realize that game was still running," Aika Online is finally closing its doors after over a...
Astellia Royal has announced its sunset now too after less than a year online
Earlier this week, we passed along the sad but not unexpected news that Astellia Online, which had dwindled in playerbase and seen its forums...
Astellia Online has now officially announced an October 29 sunset
Yesterday afternoon, the MMO community raised a collective eyebrow at the realization that Astellia Online and Astellia Royal had vanished from Steam without so much...
Pathfinder Online, Kickstarted for $1M in 2012, will sunset in November
I'm sorry to report that Paizo has announced the end of Pathfinder Online. MOP readers know that the MMO was Kickstarted for over a million...
Not So Massively: Magic Legends had all the right ideas and all the wrong choices
This is the worst kind of column to write. Not only am I reporting on the closure of a game, but it's a game...
