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SOE shuttering Vanguard, Clone Wars, Free Realms, and Wizardry

SOE is closing down four of its MMOs. Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures and Free Realms will close on March 31st. Vanguard and Wizardry Online will bow out on July 31st.

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GentlemenRUs4168d ago (Edited 4168d ago )

There are reasons, Mostly being that people hardly play on them anymore.

Not only that, But running servers nobody ever touches is wasting money on power and bandwidth.

barb_wire4168d ago

Probably, still sucks though. This is for the PC versions too, right? My daughter has played Free Realms almost every day since it launched, even bought her a lifetime subscription on there.

R_aVe_N4168d ago

Yeah same with my kid. She has been playing that game for a very long time. Free Realms has a tons of people that actually do play. I have seen it myself. I hope this is just for the PS3 version of the game cause the PC version seems to be doing well.

barb_wire4168d ago

@Raven

Yeah, looks like the PC version too, there's an announcement on the front page on Free Realms.. man, that sucks.

http://www.freerealms.com/a...

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Xristo4168d ago

Vanguard had such a rough start that people moved on very quickly. The last time I played it (roughly 3 years ago) it was a damn good game! ... just empty... :/

SaffronCurse4168d ago

Wow Sony is on a role in shutting down servers as of late.

DCfan4168d ago

Yea. Shame on them for not keeping servers that are empty alive.

SonyStyled4168d ago

in his defense sony has been dropping the hammer on a lot of servers. recently all socoms and the mag servers. next comes all ps3 resistance games and gt5 in april. resistance 3 only being released in 2011. if its time, then its time. its sad to see. i put a lot of hours into resistance fall of man and number 2 as well. didnt play much multiplayer in part 3 though but considering it released a little over 2 years ago im sure theres still a good audience playing it

WeAreLegion4168d ago

Interesting. Maybe that will free up some devs for other, better games.

Drabent4168d ago

Resistance 3 lagged worse than CoD multiplayer close that crap, but I'm sure it was my connection only....

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RUSHING BEAT X: Return Of Brawl Brothers Preview [Co-Optimus]

"Back in the innocent 1990s, Jaleco released a trilogy of Super NES beat 'em ups in the Rushing Beat series. Well, in Japan, they were part of that series. In international markets, Jaleco renamed each game and censored it to pieces. Nowadays, however, a fourth game called RUSHING BEAT X: Return of the Brawl Brothers is in the works for Steam and Switch 2 from City Connection and Clear River Games. Like its predecessors, Rushing Beat X will support 2-player local co-op, and it's extremely promising," says Co-Optimus.

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Doom: The Dark Ages' path tracing upgrade tested - Maximum fidelity, reasonable performance

Digital Foundry : Doom: The Dark Ages is now receiving its path tracing upgrade on PC, so Alex and John tested it versus the standard RT graphics - and found some surprises.

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System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster Delayed For Consoles

The PC version is still on schedule but the console versions have been delayed.