Nobody expected it and yet, Rumbleverse will be closing soon. A few hours ago, Tom Henderson, the famous journalist with very good information, addressed the subject on Twitter and it is now confirmed by Epic Games Publishing and Iron Galaxy Studios who have just announced the closure of servers for their Battle-Royale Rumbleverse very soon, next February 28.
He left as quickly as he came
We have an important announcement to share. On February 28, 2023, Rumbleverse servers will go offline. Players who have made any purchase since launch will be eligible for a refund. We thank you so much for playing. Please see the full details on our blog https://t.co/VNJ9U7bCeX pic.twitter.com/qi9clgDerb
—Rumbleverse (@Rumbleverse) January 31, 2023
On January 31, the game’s official account indeed published a tweet accompanied by a long blog post to announce the end of support for the Battle-Royale announced in December 2021 and launched last August, i.e. only 6 months ago. Not really clear information as to the reasons for this hasty closure, but it may seem surprising given the budget allocated to this new kind of Battle-Royale which had a certain charm in wanting to offer a different gameplay, in order to complete the game. offer held by the juggernaut Fortnite and its billions in revenue.
In the blog post on the official site, the developers were able to express themselves thus: “Season 2 will be the last for Rumbleverse. This project was the result of passionate work to create an unprecedented experience in a popular and highly competitive game genre. » We mean by this that the game has apparently failed to find a large enough audience to become profitabledespite having an active community and after frequent and appreciated updates.
The set still seems to have trouble getting through to the teams and it may seem surprising that this closure is so fast with progressive reimbursement of all in-game purchases made since launch, the free availability of the current battle pass, the doubling of experience points to speed up the unlocking of stages in order to take advantage of the last moments, but also an update available now to permanently close the shop, make all game modes available (except Snowball Battle ) and bring the rest of the content developed so far.
Positive thing that said, before the closing of the servers, “There will be more live streams to play with developers and let them drop the curtain as they share behind-the-scenes stories about the creative process that built the city”just to allow the teams to salute the players who have trusted them in recent months.
An open letter to the Rumbleverse Community from the developers of the game: https://t.co/2N2NARrrem pic.twitter.com/rqfpKL8jNd
—Iron Galaxy Studios (@IronGalaxy) January 31, 2023
In parallel with the blog post published on the game’s official website, we can also find an open letter from Iron Galaxy Studios employees, on the studio’s official website, expressing their warm thanks to the players of their game which will have had a (surprisingly) short life. In particular, they express that ” for years, [ils ont] dreamed of a bustling city full of people fighting to become a champion. [Ils se sont] strived to create a dynamic place that celebrated the spirit of competition. [Leur] goal was to bring joy back to online multiplayer gaming.”
No doubt we will soon have more information behind the scenes of this premature and hasty end. The opportunity also to remember that this is not the first failure of the studio, already at work on Extinction in particular, which also had a rather chaotic launch in its time. There is still hope since they announce that we may see each other again Rumbleverse in another form than this one day, at least they hope so, before turning to other projects most certainly.
It must be remembered that Rumbleverse had a rather complicated end of development and online release, with delays and server stability problems, problems that are however recurrent these days with games of this type. If you were a fan of Rumbleverse, enjoy your last moments, since we remind you, the game will close its servers on February 28th. The game should be removed from online stores within a few hours / days, but remains available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X / S for the time being.