MMOs, unfortunately, do not last forever. When they sunset and close down for good, the whole genre mourns.
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Return of Warrior, 9 Dragons, and Ragnarok Online China all shut down shortly
Every game is someone's favorite game. They might slip your mind from time to time, but there's someone out there for whom 9 Dragons...
Gunslinger Stratos Reloaded to sunset less than two months after its launch
Call it Gunslinger Stratos Unloaded.
Square Enix's colorful action title Gunslinger Stratos Reloaded officially launched in Japan six days ago, and yet it's already been...
Star Trek Online is discontinuing its Mac client
Star Trek Online is officially discontinuing support of its Mac client.
Perfect World says that following the Mac client's recent struggles and the support required...
DUST 514 will sunset on PS3 in May, replaced by new PC FPS
CCP Games has just announced that it will be sunsetting its EVE-universe shooter DUST 514 on the PlayStation 3 platform on May 30th. The...
Hellgate is shutting down its last server in the world
Hellgate is one of those titles that never quite seems to die; the former Flagship title has been resurrected and shut down so many...
City of Steam is shuttering on January 31st
In the heady days of yesteryear, we believed that removing the need to download a client would be the key to unlocking more people...
Dungeon Striker shutting down for the second time
It might not have the persistence of Hellgate: London, but Dungeon Striker has released and been shut down once before. Alas, its second lease...
Abandoned crowdfunded MMO Greed Monger is apparently back in production
Just when you thought the Greed Monger drama was so 2015, now it's back.
The crowdfunded MMO sandbox appeared to have gone belly-up last year...
Triad Wars will sunset on January 20th, 2016
Here's a bit of unfortunate news for Christmas: Triad Wars is closing down.
“Since the start of the Triad Wars Closed Beta this year, diligent Enforcers have...
Here’s a shocker: Hellgate is shutting down (again)
Raise your hand if you're surprised that the latest version of Hellgate is closing down. OK, smartasses in the back row, put 'em down,...
Dragon’s Prophet has shut down
It's always sad when a game shuts down. Dragon's Prophet never managed to quite find its audience in the American marketplace, and it has...
PSA: GuildPortal is shutting down this month
If your guild's web presence depends on GuildPortal, you may want to start looking for a new home. The long-running web host, which first...
New DMCA exemptions will preserve some abandoned online games, but not MMOs
Late last year, the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a petition with the U.S. Copyright Office seeking specific exemptions to the DMCA essentially on account of absurdity (because...
Dragon’s Prophet calls it quits in North America
The latest free-to-play fantasy MMO to call it quits is Dragon's Prophet. Daybreak and Runewaker announced today the decision to shutter the title in North...
Echo of Soul announces China closure too
Any way you look at it, Echo of Soul is taking a beating lately. Following the announcement earlier this month that the game will be...
Archlord 2 to sunset on November 24
Just weeks after its Season of Siege patch came out, Archlord 2 announced that it will be shutting down on November 24th.
"Archlord 2 has...
Echo of Soul sunsets in Korea next month [Updated]
Hangame announced yesterday that it will sunset MMORPG Echo of Soul in its native Korea.
Hangame thanked players for their loyalty since the game's launch...
Undead Labs cancels Moonrise, cites lack of projected profitability
Pokémon-like battler Moonrise won't be seeing the light of commercial release, apparently.
Undead Labs announced today that after several months in early access testing on both...
Chaos Theory: I’d fund The Secret World for Funcom if I could
Funcom is in trouble? Say it isn't so! No, seriously -- giving it words feels like personally putting a nail in the coffin, as...
Today is the last day to play Infinite Crisis
In case you had forgotten, Infinite Crisis is shutting down for good on August 14th. That makes today the last real day to play...
