The fantasy MMORPG Neverwinter is not doing well in China.
Cryptic Studios has been developing the fantasy MMORPG Neverwinter here in Europe and the USA since 2010, back then under the publisher Atari.
Later, the Chinese company Perfect World took over Cryptic Studios and thus also Neverwinter. It was only natural to bring the Western acquisition to its home market in China.
In September 2015, Neverwinter launched with much fanfare in the land of smiles. However, Perfect World quickly lost its smile as success could not be maintained. Now it is all over. On May 19, 2017, the PC servers in China will shut down. The PS4 and Xbox One versions of Neverwinter are not affected.
Recently, it seems that Perfect World is not doing too well. The latest news included layoffs:
