One could say that the online shooter Firefall has been on life support recently, which is now being turned off.
The development of the game Firefall has not been going well. The mix of shooter and MMO was announced in 2010 as a Buy2Play title. However, shortly after, the developers switched to a Free2Play model.
In 2013, the open beta started, but it faced severe technical issues. This was followed by layoffs at the developer studio Red 5, and even company founder Mark Kern had to go. Before the official launch, there were further restructuring. In 2015, salaries could no longer be paid, and more layoffs followed.
Problems after problems
The Chinese company The9 sold its shares in the studio to a manufacturer of Kashmir clothing in the Cayman Islands, but the company’s stock plummeted. Mark Kern offered to buy the game, but that didn’t happen. Eventually, more layoffs followed and larger server issues.
Firefall is dead, long live Firefall
All this has now led to the servers of the online shooter being closed today, July 7th. Thus, Firefall is dead. The developers thank the players for their loyalty and sadly announce that there was no other option for the game.
But that doesn’t mean we won’t hear anything more from Firefall. Because the remaining developers are currently working on a mobile game version of the shooter. When this is supposed to be released is currently unknown. However, loyal fans are expected to be rewarded in this game.
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