MMOs, unfortunately, do not last forever. When they sunset and close down for good, the whole genre mourns.
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Vampire MMORPG Shadow’s Kiss sunsets, with a dire warning about the early access trap
It's been a long time since we checked in on the early access vampire MMO Shadow's Kiss - in fact, our last look was...
Puzzle MMO Islands of Insight will sunset at the end of October – here’s how to keep playing offline
Back in July, we learned the sad news that Behaviour Interactive's puzzle MMO Islands of Insight, which had only just fully launched in February,...
Splatoon 3’s Finale is the end of regular updates and the beginning of maintenance mode
There's a lot to be said about Splatoon 3's final Splatfest. Team Past won, meaning we'll see something about that reflected in the next future game...
Fight or Kite: Harry Potter Magic Awakened was the most full-featured MMO you never played
The sudden and unexpected announcement that Harry Potter: Magic Awakened is being shuttered and taken offline everywhere save the original Chinese servers came as...
Concord’s players are jumping to their deaths in matches to chase trophies before the game shuts down
If you've played a game on the PlayStation, you know that platinum trophies require a great deal of time and effort in order to...
Sony is killing Concord on September 6 and issuing refunds
It would appear that this particular Concord did not so much fly as it arced momentarily upwards before flopping back to the ground. Only...
Vague Patch Notes: When did Blue Protocol really die?
It was the middle of the night, for us, when we heard the news: Blue Protocol is dead. It will never be receiving a...
Kickstarted VR MMO Zenith just released its last content patch before heading into maintenance mode
This week's Zenith patch is a bit of a bittersweet one - or grumpy one, depending on your view. That's because it's the last...
Blue Protocol is shutting down in Japan and will not be localized for the west
The writing has appeared to be on the wall for a while now, but it's now official: Blue Protocol is being shut down in...
NetEase abruptly announces an October sunset for Harry Potter Magic Awakened’s western version
NetEase and WB Games have some dreadful and abrupt news for fans of the mobile MMO Harry Potter Magic Awakened: It's sunsetting in the...
Mobile online RTS Rival Kingdoms sunsets after eight years of operation
The white flag has gone up, the soldiers have laid down their arms, and the nearly decade-old conflict on mobile devices is now at...
Zenith’s final content update before maintenance mode will arrive at the end of August
It's now the official final countdown for VR MMO Zenith, as developer Ramen VR has confirmed that Season 4: Golden Isles, aka the final...
VR MMO Zenith strives for ‘a more sustainable vision’ as it shuts down three servers
The days certainly appear to be numbered for Zenith now that its studio confirmed that it's moving the virtual reality MMO into maintenance mode....
Gamigo is closing down RIFT EU server Bloodiron, the last PvP bastion in the game
Pour one out for one of the few remaining RIFT servers: Bloodiron is closing down. Gamigo made the announcement this morning, characterizing it as...
Kickstarted VR MMO Zenith officially goes into maintenance mode
It's the end of the road for Zenith, more or less, as its small indie team announced that the virtual reality MMO is going...
Riot Games was reportedly working on a Smash Bros-style League of Legends platform brawler
What would happen if you blended together the platform brawling of Super Smash Bros. with the character roster of League of Legends? You would...
Tencent’s co-op looter-shooter Synced is sunsetting just a year after its western PC launch
We're the bearer of more bad news today: Tencent is closing down its looter-shooter Synced.
Synced was a sci-fi co-op looter shooter from Tencent's Level...
PvPvE team shooter Exoprimal enters de facto maintenance mode starting July 11
It would be easy to believe that Capcom's PvPvE team shooter Exoprimal was something of a fever dream - any game that featured dinosaurs...
EA is killing PS3 and Xbox 360 online functionality for three Battlefield games
If you've been enjoying playing Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, or Battlefield Hardline on your older consoles, you should get in your last matches in...
Tribes 3 Rivals heads into de facto maintenance mode as developers offer compensation
There's bad but perhaps not unexpected news for Tribes 3 Rivals players today as developer Prophecy Games has put out a rather flatly titled...
