The Battle Royale Spellbreak (Steam, PS4, Xbox One, Switch) is now being shut down. Twitch streamer IXITimmyIXI gathered players to say goodbye to the game in one final round.
Spellbreak is a magical Battle Royale that resembles Fortnite in gameplay with spells. Players don’t shoot at each other but cast different types of magic. You can play on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, or PC.
Spellbreak went online in September 2020, and now it is dead and being shut down – it didn’t even survive 3 years. In the summer of 2022, the developers Proletariat announced that the game would go offline in early 2023.
Why is it being shut down? Spellbreak “failed to achieve breakout success and reach a sustainable state,” wrote CEO Seth Sivak at the time on reddit. Additionally, it is known that Blizzard acquired the studio (via VentureBeat), which is another reason for the shutdown of Spellbreak.
Looking at the player numbers (via SteamDB), it becomes clear that Spellbreak has hardly been played on Steam since June 2021. It recorded an average of about 500 players, then 300, and finally only around 100. Of course, the other platforms are included, but the numbers there are probably not higher. The reviews on Steam remained very positive until the end.
A festive farewell to Spellbreak
However, even though the player numbers were low, the Battle Royale had loyal fans like streamer IXITimmyIXI. He gathered a few of his subscribers, friends, and Twitch colleagues to play one last round and say goodbye to Spellbreak.
They accompany Spellbreak until the end, pile up together and wave from a storm of spells. Then they are swallowed by the Spellstorm, one after the other.
You can check out the entire thing in the Twitch clip:
Fans want to start a community server
Although the official servers of Spellbreak are now gone, the fanbase remains. IXITimmyIXI talks in his stream about starting a community server to keep the Battle Royale alive.
He calls for people to join the community’s Discord and asks for fans who may be able to help with development. This is all supposed to happen legally, according to the streamer.
Similar things have happened with other games that were shut down: players didn’t want to give up and started their own servers. For example, the Warhammer MMORPG recently received a major update, even though it has officially long been gone.
Are you sad that Spellbreak is being shut down? Did you play the Battle Royale, perhaps until the end? Or do you prefer Fortnite? Are there other battle royale games you like? Do you prefer shooters or original combat systems? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO!
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