MMOs, unfortunately, do not last forever. When they sunset and close down for good, the whole genre mourns.
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The Realm Online’s corporate buyer surfaces with a bizarre website and studio partner
Over the course of June, we learned the sad news that player-led developer Realm Worlds would be shutting down the current version of The...
Call of Duty: Warzone 1.0, Forza Horizon 1, and Forza Horizon 2 all receive their execution notices
It's that sad time of year when the herd is rounded up and stragglers are culled and designated for the virtual slaughterhouse. And so...
So now The Realm Online is apparently being sold to an undisclosed new studio
Last week, player-led developer Realm Worlds announced a shutdown for the current version of The Realm Online, owing to the fact that the game...
Niantic lays off 230 workers, affecting Pokemon Go, in cost-slashing reorganization
The beleaguered Pokemon Go company Niantic has been under fire all year from unhappy players, and now, the company itself is undergoing a restructure...
The Cycle Frontier will sunset in September owing to financial inviability
Five years ago next month, we learned about a new PvEvP "shooter with a twist" that was supposed to incorporate battle royale elements without...
MultiVersus’ beta has closed down, but still can be played offline for the time being
Over the weekend, the ability to answer "who would win in a fight between Shaggy from Scooby-Doo and Batman (not from Scooby-Doo)" was taken...
Pokemon Go’s top datamining community site announces ‘soft shutdown’ over Niantic’s antics
PokeMiners, Pokemon Go's largest and most popular datamining group, announced this week that it is further reducing its efforts and participation in the game,...
The Realm Online is shuttering its rebooted version at the end of June
Five years ago, a group of enterprising fans banded together to assemble and run an improved version of the classic MMORPG The Realm Online...
Funcom has unceremoniously axed Advisors of Rubi-Ka, Anarchy Online’s player volunteer program
Unfortunately, we've got another blast of bad news out of Funcom this afternoon - a studio not exactly known for properly maintaining its old...
The Daily Grind: Would you prefer maintenance mode or sunsets for your favorite MMOs?
Let me start by making something clear: I would always prefer that a game go into maintenance mode rather than shutting down. While it...
Marvel’s Avengers coasts toward its end with a final patch that unlocks everything
Missing Marvel Heroes on its 10th anniversary? Your inclination may be to look for an acceptable substitute -- but keep looking beyond Marvel's Avengers...
Gameforge is sunsetting Swords of Legends Online not quite two years after launch
I wish I could say nobody saw this coming, but unfortunately, the writing has been on the wall for a while: Gameforge announced this...
Seafaring MMO Rulers of the Sea and its development studio announce their closure
Back in 2019 we highlighted Rulers of the Sea, an MMO in development by Dutch studio Deadeye Games set in the seafaring real world,...
Vampire battle royale Bloodhunt confirms it’s entering maintenance mode because of a lack of players
It looks like the battle royale genre didn't have enough blood in it to sustain more than a couple of titles: Bloodhunt, Sharkmob's vampiric...
Valofe shuts down free-to-play econ and politics-focused MMO Luminary Rise of the GoonZu
This past week saw another MMORPG go quietly in to that good night. Luminary Online: Rise of the GoonZu announced in April that it...
LOTRO’s Shadowfax server nears the end of its run, offers free character transfers
The last bell has been rung, the floor swept clean, and tipsy hobbits ushered to the door for Lord of the Rings Online's fastest...
CCP Games is already sunsetting EVE Anywhere after just a year in the wild
Back in 2021, CCP Games made a big to-do over a browser client for EVE Online called EVE Anywhere - essentially a cloud-hosted version...
Early access retro PvP MMORPG Leafling Online has sunsetted over waning interest
Hey, remember Leafling Online? It first scooted onto our radar about two years ago as a free-to-play retro 2-D, nostalgia-driven open PvP sandbox; players...
EA is sunsetting another trio of online games from the Battlefield IP
Prepare to say farewell to a whole 'nother slew of online games and a whole 'nother reason to support widespread game preservation.
Though technically these...
Multiplayer time-looping strategy FPS Lemnis Gate announces its July 11 sunset
You would be forgiven for not realizing Lemnis Gate was a thing. The title was first announced in August 2020 as one of two...