Developer studio Quantic Dream wanted to bring fresh air to the genre with its new MOBA, which is dominated by games like League of Legends and Dota 2. However, after three months in Early Access, the project will soon be discontinued – with serious consequences for many of the employees.
What kind of game is this? Spellcasters Chronicles is a 3vs3 MOBA that, unlike League of Legends or Dota 2, is played from a third-person perspective. Players take on the roles of so-called Spellcasters, who must destroy the life stones of the opposing team to win the match.
Spellcasters Chronicles was developed by Quantic Dream. The French studio had previously gained recognition for games with a strong narrative focus – titles such as Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, and Detroit: Become Human.
The Early Access release on Steam took place on February 27, 2026. However, the game will never leave Early Access as Spellcasters Chronicles is set to be discontinued on June 19, 2026. This was announced by the developer studio in a post on X.com.
Company speaks of a “difficult market situation”, union calls it “mismanagement”
What is the reason for the premature ending? The game failed to reach the necessary player base to be successful in the long run, according to the company’s message. Looking at the player numbers on Steam, this statement is not surprising: the game could not even reach 1,000 concurrent players after its release (according to steamdb.info). Quantic Dream describes the situation as a “particularly difficult market environment”.
The studio plans to shift its focus to its other projects. As part of this decision, there will also be an “internal restructuring” – ultimately, this means layoffs, although the studio emphasizes that it will relocate employees to other projects where possible.
A French union for game developers, Le Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo, estimates that 95 jobs – about a quarter of the positions in the company – are at risk. However, according to the union, it is not the market, but rather mismanagement that is to blame for the current situation. There had already been warnings about the “colossal risk” of the project, which were ignored. For this reason, the union now calls for the management to resign and for no developers to be laid off.
Until June 19, 2026, the servers of Spellcasters Chronicles will still be online in case you already have the MOBA in your Steam library and want to play. However, the shop page has already disappeared. New players can no longer obtain the MOBA.
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