This despite saying they were committed to it.
If you’re one of the roughly 6 people still playing Babylon’s Fall, I’ve got some bad news for you. After less than a year of service, Square Enix and developer Platinum Games have announced that they will be terminating the service for the game February 27th, 2023.
With the desire of delivering an exhilarating online multiplayer action RPG set in an elaborate high fantasy world, we launched the game’s official service on Thursday, March 3, 2022, and have continued to undertake additional development and operations. However, it is with deep regret to inform you that we will be terminating the game’s service on February 27, 2023.
As a result, we will also cancel the large-scale updates that we had planned. In terms of the plan moving forward, Season 2 will run until Tuesday, November 29, 2022, as scheduled, and the Final Season will begin with the maintenance scheduled on the same day. This Final Season is the period during which you can earn the ranking rewards of Season 2.
As a way of expressing our gratitude to all our players, we plan to implement as many events and other initiatives as we can, leading up to the end of the service.
On Monday, February 27, 2023 at 11:00 p.m., the game will become completely unplayable, with all of the gameplay data being wiped from the servers. And, yes, that means the single player campaign will be going with it; it was an always online game, IIRC. As of right now, all storefronts have stopped selling the game. Which means that even if you wanted to get in on the game’s final hurrah, you’re only option would be a used hard copy.
It’s kind of a shame, as Babylon’s Fall definitely had a unique visual presence to it that was incredibly striking. It just never caught on with a large enough fanbase to survive. That’s not speculation; you look at the Steam Charts for the game, and they are abysmal. And it’s hard to imagine the metrics on PlayStation 4 and 5 are all that much better. If the whole situation brings Anthem to mind, you’re not alone; though Anthem‘s servers are still up.
The always online, games-as-a-service model probably didn’t help either. Square Enix has had a rough time with that model (see: Marvel’s Avengers) overall. So it’s sad, but not surprising, to see Babylon’s Fall, well, fall.
Source: Kotaku
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