The free division of the 3V3 shooter is closed six months after the first launch in September 2024 and only a few weeks after arriving at PS5 and Xbox Series X | p. his Mountaintop Studios programmer also closes.
Nate Mitchell, general director of Moutaintop confirmed the message in a statement published on social media Today.
“Unfortunately, the premiere of season 1 did not reach the level of success we needed to keep the game and keep Mountaintop on the surface,” explains the post.
The team was an optimist after the first week, reporting that the game attracted about 400,000 players – with the highest simultaneous number of about 10,000 on all platforms.
“But as time passed, we did not see enough active players and incoming revenues to cover the daily costs of Specter and Studies,” the post concluded. “Since the start of the computer, we extended our remaining capital, if we could, but at this point we are not able to support the game.”
“We continued every path to continue, including finding a publisher, additional investments and/or takeover. After all, we were not able to make it work. The industry is now in a difficult place. “
Specter Divide will be removed in the next 30 days, and all money spent by players from the premiere of season 1 will be returned.
The messages are contrary to reports of October 2024 that Specter Dylide “is not going anywhere”.
“The servers do not close and the updates will not stop,” Mitchell said, keeping Mountaintop had “Specter funds for a long time”.
Positive Ign Specter Divide preview in August 2024. A tactical 3V3 shooter was praised for coming to the table with its intriguing dual system, in which players control two characters during matches. However, news about its quick closure appears on the heels of many other live works, including the failure of Suicide Squad Rockstsyady: Kill the Justice League and Sony’s Concord.
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