Today it is our duty to inform you about a loss. The MMORPG community mourns the end of the online game Ragnarok Online 2. May it rest in peace.
The successor of one of the most iconic MMORPGs unfortunately has to close its doors. Development has been halted.
What happened? Gravity Interactive, the developer of the online role-playing game, announced that they have pulled the team from RO 2. There will be no more support. No further events are planned either. Thus, the game is effectively dead.
Why is the MMORPG being discontinued? Ragnarok Online 2, the successor to the iconic Ragnarok Online, officially launched in early 2013, but was unable to captivate players even then. The Steam launch in mid-2013 also did not bring the desired success. Therefore, the servers in Korea were taken offline already in December of the same year.
Gravity Interactive then received a financial injection to save the MMORPG. However, this did not really help. As can be seen from Steam charts, players left Ragnarok Online 2. Now the final end is coming. The developers state that the MMORPG simply could not meet expectations.
Cash Shop remains open, but there will be no more support
When will the servers be shut down? There is currently no date. Gravity Interactive wants to leave the MMORPG in maintenance mode for now. Players do not have to worry about being faced with closed doors for the time being.
Why are players upset then? There is some criticism that the servers remain open, and this is related to the cash shop. The developers are keeping the so-called Kafra Shop open. Players can continue to buy in-game items even though the MMORPG is no longer being developed. This frustrates some players.
Thus, we see with Ragnarok Online 2 the first MMORPG that meets its end this year.
