MMOs, unfortunately, do not last forever. When they sunset and close down for good, the whole genre mourns.
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Gigantic’s last matches are now playing out ahead of tomorrow’s sunset
There will be no stay of execution for the gorgeous MOBA Gigantic, as PWE has put up a countdown clock for the game's final...
God Eater Online is shutting down in September
Sadly, it does not seem that God Eater Online really talks much about the experience of turning deific entities into snacks. If you were...
Warlords Awakening just sunset in Korea, and now it’s coming to Steam early access here
As we reported in June, Paywith's Warlords Awakening MMOARPG is coming westward, with a launch planned for October and an early access date now...
Titanfall Online is over before it had even begun
Korean website Game Focus is reporting today that Titanfall Online has effectively been canceled.
As Kotaku notes, EA and Nexon have been working on the...
Citadel of Sorcery shuts down after 14 years of development
Chances are that you have never heard of Citadel of Sorcery. MJ, our resident "has played every MMO in the universe" expert, only vaguely...
Scrolls is reborn as a free title, Caller’s Bane
It was back in February when Mojang's - you surely remember it from Minecraft - online card game Scrolls was pronounced dead, but it...
The Flower of Knighthood Kickstarter has been cancelled
Launching a Kickstarter is always a nerve-wracking experience. (Believe us, we know about it.) But then there are times when you see evidence that...
LawBreakers is free-to-play for now, then gone in September
We all knew it was coming, but now it's official:Â LawBreakers is now free-to-play on Steam, so you can dive right in and play if...
The Crew 2 is getting an open beta while the original The Crew goes into maintenance
It's probably not much of a surprise to hear that The Crew is slipping into maintenance mode, as patches had been quiet for a...
Hi-Rez is basically maintenance-moding Hand of the Gods
Back in May, we covered the bizarre silence surrounding Hi-Rez's SMITE-infused free-to-play online card game Hand of the Gods. At the time, the information...
RuneScape Classic is sunsetting this August thanks to instability, bots, and bugs
RuneScape has wound its way through many revisions and editions over the years, but Jagex usually left the original versions standing - or in...
Echo of Soul classic servers end their western run Wednesday, but you can still play the game
Hope you got everything done you wanted to in Echo of Soul because the fantasy MMORPG is winding down its classic servers this Wednesday, May 23rd.
According...
Boss Key shutters after Radical Heights, LawBreakers fizzle
Boss Key is closing down following the struggles of LawBreakers and Radical Heights, though the latter will apparently remain playable for now. Cliff Bleszinski...
Jagex shutters Chronicles: RuneScape Legends, Ace of Spades, and its FunOrb portal
The developer Jagex is best known for various versions of RuneScape and shuttering any project that isn't RuneScape. Ace of Spades is shutting down...
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,...
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...
Elite: Dangerous is discontinuing support for the Mac [Updated]
We're sorry to inform fans of Elite: Dangerous on Apple computers that they're soon going to be forced to choose between the platform and...
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...
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...
Paragon artist shows off concept art from the doomed MOBA
Perhaps because the announcement was all the way back in January, but Paragon's shutdown is scheduled to take place at the end of next...
