MMOs, unfortunately, do not last forever. When they sunset and close down for good, the whole genre mourns.
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Elyon, once hotly anticipated as Ascent Infinite Realm, is sunsetting in December
I wish I could say nobody saw this coming, but unfortunately, that's not the case: Kakao is closing down Elyon.
"Kakao Games Europe, following lengthy...
Ubisoft delays sunsetting some online games – including Anno 2070
Ubisoft has an ongoing habit of launching games with online components and then turning those online components off when the games get old enough,...
Bless Unleashed on console becomes the latest Bless title to shut down
Stop me if you've heard this one: Bless is shutting down.
It's Bless Unleashed this time. Our readers will remember that Bless Online originally launched...
Maplestory 2 announces a shutdown date for its Chinese server in November
Alas, poor Maplestory 2, you were cute and likable and then you got kicked to the curb after less than two years. We did...
The Chinese version of the Life is Feudal MMO will be shut down in October
Fans of the sandbox MMO version of Life is Feudal are unfortunately dying a second death in a manner of speaking. Tiancity, the publisher...
CCP Games’ VR multiplayer game aspirations expire as EVE Valkyrie, Sparc, and EVE Gunjack go dark
This past weekend saw CCP Games' run at VR games development die on the vine, as the shooter EVE Gunjack, the sports title Sparc,...
Blizzard-NetEase financing dispute leads to canceled Warcraft mobile MMO ‘Neptune’
Blizzard has apparently canceled an in-development MMORPG. Bloomberg, which first broke the news, says the game was code-named Neptune and was a "massively multiplayer...
Gearbox shuts down game forums in favor of Discord, but Cryptic’s MMOs are not affected
Back in December 2021, Gearbox's Embracer Group bought up Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic, meaning whatever Gearbox decided to do could possibly affect the...
Ubisoft plans to yank multiplayer from 15 more of its games this fall as devs scramble to preserve them
If your game library is full of Ubisoft titles, you may want to reevaluate which of them you'll actually be able to play come...
Blizzard shifts Heroes of the Storm into maintenance mode, gives lizards to all
Quick: What's the one live service Blizzard game that nobody ever talks about, thinks about, or apparently plays? The correct answer is, of course,...
Pearl Abyss will shutter ‘inadequate’ battle royale Shadow Arena in August
In the end, the last one standing in a battle royale is the one who has to turn out the lights. Or something.
Pearl Abyss...
Rockstar Games outlines new content for GTA Online, confirms the end of major updates for Red Dead Online
Players of both Grand Theft Auto Online and Red Dead Online have both gotten a community update post, and it spells good news for...
EVE Valkyrie gets an August 5 sunset date, begins the process of removing itself from digital store shelves
CCP Games has, at long last, confirmed what fans had already known: EVE Valkyrie, the first-person sci-fi dogfighting flight game, has gotten its final...
Pokemon Go’s Niantic scuttles four more gaming projects and lays off 85+ people
Niantic, the company that named itself after a whaling vessel abandoned for the goldrush, admitted yesterday that it is shuttering four more gaming projects,...
Say farewell to TERA – Gameforge and Bluehole sunset it tomorrow just before dawn
Well, the fact that you knew it was coming doesn't make it any less hard to hear, as this week as proven repeatedly. Here's...
Blizzard bought out Spellbreak’s Proletariat to shore up the World of Warcraft team
Hey, remember Spellbreak? It was a 2020 battle royale that was actually pretty well-liked around here, though it's been quiet the last few months....
Lord of the Rings Online previews summer content and race/class combos, will sunset Anor server in August
Lord of the Rings Online's latest producer letter dropped this afternoon with the outlook for the July to September quarter - and it's packed...
Sci-fi MMOs Divergence Online and Otherland are finally taken off of sale from Steam
If you've forgotten about the sci-fi sandbox MMO Divergence Online, we can't entirely blame you: The game is mostly known for several moments of...
12-year-old MOBA Heroes of Newerth has officially sunsetted
After 12 years of operation, one of League of Legends' direct competitors has called it quits.
Heroes of Newerth, which launched back in 2010, closed...
Former Gazillion CEO apologizes for Marvel Heroes’ chaotic 2017 shutdown
Ah, Marvel Heroes. The game would've turned nine years old this month, had it lived, but of course as veteran MMORPG players know, it...
