NCsoft, the publisher of the vehicle-based Mad Max-style massively multiplayer game known as Auto Assault, posted a notice last evening (July 2) on the game's official site announcing that the game is being shut down on August 31, 2007. While no reason was cited, the game's developer announced on June 22, 2007 that it is already working on Jumpgate Evolution, a significant expansion to its self-published Jumpgate MMO game.
In a perfect world, the mmos that people love to play would last forever, but that is seldom the case. It seems that the games gamers care about the most and pour their hearts into are the ones that eventually find themselves being shut down. To remember those games that have gone to the digital realm in the sky, MMO-Play offered a list of the top five mmos we miss the most.
MMOHut, "The recent closure of APB got me thinking about all the other MMOs and MMORPG that came and went in a flash. I’ve compiled a short list of some of the games that had the shortest life spans. We’ll focus on retail and subscription based online games for this list. Free to play failures will get their turn next week..."
"In honor of APB: All Points Bulletin’s recent demise, here is a look at some other MMOs that came and went all too quickly."
I was excited for a few of these while looking for alternatives to WOW. Sometimes, it seems like originality in the genre is halfway to a death sentence.
I wish Earth and Beyond would come back. *sigh* That was a great game. It just needed more content.
I thought about putting Earth & Beyond on the list, but even it had a longer lifespan than the games on this list. So did Hellgate: London, which was also a candidate. ;)
