The developer studio Robot Entertainment has to announce the end of some online games, including Orcs Must Die! Unchained, the online offshoot of the popular action series.
In addition to Orcs Must Die! Unchained, the games Hero Academy 1 and 2 have also been affected. The titles simply did not reach enough players to cover operating costs.
The end is here
What is Orcs Must Die? The action game series is characterized by humor and comic-style graphics. Your task is to stop an invasion of Orcs by setting deadly traps in a dungeon and also actively fighting against the hordes.
In principle, it is a kind of tower defense game, in which you also actively intervene.
How does Orcs Must Die! Unchained differ from the main series? Orcs Must Die! Unchained is a multiplayer game. Here you team up with other players to defeat the enemies together. On the other hand, you also fight against other players by assembling armies and leading them into battle.
However, the tower defense principle mixed with action remains. And the humor, which arises from the often exaggerated effects of the traps and the comic graphics, is also present in the online version.
There were too few players
Why is the game being discontinued? The developers at Robot Entertainment announce that simply not enough players were interested in Orcs Must Die! Unchained. The low player count is insufficient to cover the costs associated with operating the game. On Steamcharts, you can clearly see that the player numbers are very low.
When will the servers be shut down? The end of the game and of Hero Academy 1 and 2 will take place on April 8th. All player data will then be deleted.
What will happen to the developers? Robot Entertainment explains that two new games are in the works, which will be announced later this year. The team does not want to disclose what they are about yet.
