Dawngate | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Tue, 02 Jun 2015 17:22:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Dawngate | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Infinite Crisis will shut down in a couple of months https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/infinite-crisis-will-shut-down-in-a-couple-of-months/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/infinite-crisis-will-shut-down-in-a-couple-of-months/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2015 17:21:56 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=252449 Much like EA's Dawngate, Turbine Studio's DC themed MOBA, Infinite Crisis will be short-lived. The game only just launched on Steam towards the end of March but today it has been announced that the servers for the title will shut down in August and development on the game has ceased entirely. Turbine worked on Infinite …

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Much like EA's Dawngate, Turbine Studio's DC themed MOBA, Infinite Crisis will be short-lived. The game only just launched on Steam towards the end of March but today it has been announced that the servers for the title will shut down in August and development on the game has ceased entirely.

Turbine worked on Infinite Crisis for quite some time, hosting a lengthy beta period. The testing phase ended on the 26th of March when the game landed on Steam. Turbine is also known for creating Lord of the Rings Online, which is still around and making enough money to stay afloat for now.

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In the announcement of Infinite Crisis' closure, the developer said: “This was an extremely difficult decision to make. On behalf of the entire Infinite Crisis team we want to thank all of you for your feedback, support and for joining together to create one of the best communities in gaming.”

“For those of you who spent money, please make sure to contact Customer Service at http://support.infinitecrisis.com. They will be happy to help you.”

Infinite Crisis was quite well received and people seemed to like it. However the same could be said for Dawngate, which also didn't turn out well. It seems that it is just too hard to compete with Dota 2 and League of Legends in the MOBA market.

You can see the forum post from Turbine studios, HERE. 

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KitGuru Says: I played Infinite Crisis a couple of times and it was fairly enjoyable. Having the backing of DC should have helped the game out considerably as well, unfortunately, it looks like the game just wasn't popular enough to be viable. Did any of you play Infinite Crisis at all? 

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EA cancels Dawngate after six month open-beta https://www.kitguru.net/professional/development/matthew-wilson/ea-cancels-dawngate-after-six-month-open-beta/ https://www.kitguru.net/professional/development/matthew-wilson/ea-cancels-dawngate-after-six-month-open-beta/#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2014 14:30:35 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=220424 EA has canceled Dawngate, its upcoming free to play MOBA title, which was in development at Waystone Games. The title has been in development for some time and has been in open beta for the last six months, it also had a fairly large presence at industry events over the summer, such as E3 and …

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EA has canceled Dawngate, its upcoming free to play MOBA title, which was in development at Waystone Games. The title has been in development for some time and has been in open beta for the last six months, it also had a fairly large presence at industry events over the summer, such as E3 and PAX.

Dawngate servers will officially shut down in around three months time. “Today, I have the unenviable task of announcing that we've decided to stop development of Dawngate”, Watstone Games General manager, Matthew Bromberg, wrote in a statement.

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“I know this is disappointing news for our community, which has been so supportive and loyal. To all of you who have graciously given us your time and valuable feedback during our beta period, we’d first like to thank you.”

According to Bromberg, Dawngate wasn't simply a clone of other MOBA titles, such as Dota 2 or League of Legends, but rather a game that “truly pushed the genre forward in many ways”. Ultimately, after eighteen months of beta testing, six of which were open to the public, the development team just wasn't seeing the progress it has hoped for.

“This isn't the outcome we wanted, but beta testing is about learning and improving, and ultimately, about making difficult decisions about how to proceed”. Those who spent any money on the game during its time in beta will be provided with full refunds, the game will continue to be playable for around 90 days.

“On behalf of the entire team at Waystone Games and EA, I want once again to thank all our players for being part of this journey. Your straight-up feedback and the friendly reception we received all over the world at events was extremely encouraging and important to us. We appreciate it.”

It isn't yet known if Dawngate's cancellation will result in layoffs at Waystone Games but hopefully EA can shuffle a few developers around and find new places for them in the company.

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KitGuru Says: Dawngate was actually a pretty fun game, although with so many MOBA titles due to come out over the next year, it's hard to see if they will all be successful. Did any of you guys try out Dawngate? What did you think of it? 

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