MMOs, unfortunately, do not last forever. When they sunset and close down for good, the whole genre mourns.
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Epic shutters Paragon over playerbase size woes, declaring it ‘unsustainable’
When Epic Games admitted last week that Paragon's playerbase just couldn't seem to push past its core, many fans all but expected this announcement,...
Hyperspace Beacon: No, Star Wars The Old Republic isn’t on the verge of sunset
I recently read a wild argument based on unsubstantiated rumor that Star War: The Old Republic is nearing its end of life, that BioWare...
Fragmented is ‘more or less in maintenance mode’ due to lack of revenue
Over the weekend, we added a new entry to our "whatever happened to X" series with a quick note about Fragmented, the survival sandbox...
Hell freezes over: Devilian to sunset in March
Two-year-old Devilian will not make it to its third birthday, we are sorry to report. Trion Worlds announced on Friday that it will be...
Perpetuum to shut down official servers next week
Time is running short for robotic MMO Perpetuum Online -- but plans are moving forward to keep the game alive with a couple of...
Radiant Worlds is rescued but SkySaga’s fate remains uncertain
Things looked very bleak for SkySaga and its parent company Radiant Worlds last August when the upcoming multiplayer game shut down production following Smilegate's...
PWE is sunsetting both Battle of the Immortals and War of the Immortals next week
Add two more to the sunset list: Perfect World announced last month that it will sunset the international versions of six-year-old War of the...
Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2017
It's true that we lost a lot of MMOs in 2016 -- bigger and more important ones than in 2014 and 2015. 2017, however, has...
Dungeon & Fighter: Spirit shuts down in South Korea
Once one of the up-and-coming mobile MMOs on the scene, Dungeon & Fighter: Spirit is ending its short-lived run in South Korea.
The action MMO,...
Sword Coast Legends ends development – grab it from Steam while you can
Better buy Sword Coast Legends while you still can: It appears that Wizards of the Coast and Digital Extremes will be ending the publishing...
The Daily Grind: Did Marvel Heroes just get the worst-managed MMORPG sunset of all time?
If you happened to catch the Massively OP Podcast this week, you heard my positively livid rant about the whole Marvel Heroes situation. Now,...
Demon’s Souls ends online services after nine years of operation
Has it already been nine years since Demon's Souls first appeared on the scene, bringing its now-famous brand of ultra-hardcore action combat and progression?...
RIP Marvel Heroes
It's gone, gang, and I'm so sorry.
Following the disastrous silences and accusations that unfolded over October and November, Marvel announced that it had terminated...
The Daily Grind: Is an MMO’s shutdown announcement better or worse than shutdown suspicions?
This is a post about Marvel Heroes. It's also a post about Firefall. In fact, it's a post about all of the games where...
The Stream Team: A Cosmic Trial final farewell to Marvel Heroes
Massively OP's MJ feels like she is pressing her luck, but the Marvel Heroes servers are still up (for who knows how long today!)...
The Stream Team: The last Marvel Heroes hurrah?
Well then. That happened. Although Massively OP's MJ actually had other Thanksgiving day plans, the very real threat that this could be her last...
Gazillion is dead and Marvel Heroes is shutting down Friday, NOT at the end of the year
Massively OP has received a credible tip from a former Gazillion employee who told us under condition of anonymity that Marvel Heroes will be...
Phantasy Star Online 2 website quietly shutters
Players hoping for Phantasy Star Online 2 in the west have been holding onto a thin sliver of hope for five years now. Back...
NCsoft is already sunsetting MOBA Master X Master
NCsoft announced this evening that it will sunset its relatively new MOBA Master X Master, explaining that the game just "wasn’t enough to take...
Disney has canceled Marvel Heroes, Marvel has ended its relationship with Gazillion
We can now confirm this as real, following a statement made by a Marvel representative to Massively OP. We're updating below.
According to Kotaku, Disney...
