Wizard royale Spellbreak is shutting down next year
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- 29 Jun 2022
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Spellbreak (opens in new tab), the fantasy battle royale from Proletariat, has announced it'll be shutting down in early 2023.
The game attempted to offer a twist on the traditional battle royale, swapping guns for gauntlets that put the power of the various elements at your fingertips. It had a favourable launch on the Epic Games Store, garnering a tidy five million players in its first three weeks. Chris Livingston spent a fair bit of time with the game back then, finding a lot of fun(opens in new tab) in its fast-paced movement and combat.
Unfortunately, Spellbreak failed to maintain its early momentum. Though it eventually climbed to 10 million players across all platforms, player count and support dwindled. A Steam launch ended its Epic exclusivity in December 2020 but didn't provide much of a boost. The game's gone without an update since September 2021, and now Proletariat has said the game will cast its final spell sometime in early 2023.
"Unfortunately, the game industry is a difficult business," CEO Seth Sivak wrote in a Reddit post(opens in new tab). "Spellbreak was not able to break through and reach a sustainable place where we could continue to invest in it the way we had dreamed of. We picked a hard path as an independent studio and decided to compete with some of the biggest games in the world. While we could not get the escape velocity needed, I do not regret the bold decisions we made in bringing Spellbreak to life.
"While this is goodbye for Spellbreak, I cannot thank this community enough for the support and help along the way. Spellbreak transformed our studio and touched the lives of so many. So again, thank you." Read More...
