PC Gamer - Batman swings on a grappling hook, closing the distance between us. At this range, he can one-shot me with his ultimate. Batman’s unlikely ally, The Joker, is also on my heels, throwing presents that spit confetti and toxic gas. I need to get the hell out of here. Both of these champions are higher level and better equipped than me–it’s pretty clear I’m about to die. I tap E to fire a glowing green missile. It narrowly misses Batman, exploding a parked car instead. I punch R. A green jet hurtles towards the ground. I’m the Green Lantern and I just dropped a spectral F-22 on Batman. No, this isn’t fan fiction. This is Infinite Crisis.
VICE speak to developers behind Infinite Crisis and Hellgate: London about when best-laid plans go so very wrong.
Infinite Crisis is closing its doors next month, snuffing out another spectator eSport all too soon - a new article takes a look at a handful of other eSports that have either been left out to dry or eclipsed by superior sequels.
One of the more interesting features of mmo games is that, just like a living person, they go through a life cycle. In the beginning, there's the development and testing phases. Then the game springs into the world to make its mark. After a number of years, the game begins to fade as the player population dwindles. Finally, there's the final end when the game shuts down. Normally such a journey takes quite a few years, normally a decade, to go through this cycle, but such was not the case with Infinite Crisis. The DC comics-themed moba recently let their players know that the game was shutting down in August despite the fact that the moba just officially launched roughly two months ago. Why did Infinite Crisis fail?
