Last Flag, the third-person shooter from Think about Dragons singer Dan Reynolds and developer Night time Road Video games, has not reached sufficient gamers to assist the event of latest content material past what was deliberate already. The sport is not shutting down, nevertheless.
“We do not wish to kill our game–we wish to give it to the neighborhood who helped us get right here,” the builders stated in a Steam post. “Though our participant rely just isn’t at present the place we’d like it to be to assist further growth past our upcoming deliberate patches, we’re shifting our focus to verify these updates give tons of worth and management to our gamers so the sport can proceed to thrive and develop.”
Within the subsequent few months, Last Flag will add its promised new content material, together with a brand new character, a brand new map, and a brand new mode, together with extra cosmetics and the introduction of leaderboards and customized rulesets.
As a substitute of latest content material past this, Night time Road Video games will shift its focus to “replayability, neighborhood assist, and empowering our gamers to put in writing the following chapter of Last Flag.”
A number of the new sport guidelines coming to Last Flag might be impressed by video games like GoldenEye, Workforce Fortress 2, and Tremendous Smash Bros., the developer stated.
“Thanks for the superior matches, the suggestions, and the numerous phrases of assist. Our sport belongs to you now, and we hope to proceed capturing flags with you for years to return,” it added.
Last Flag launched on April 14, and whereas the sport boasts a formidable “Principally Constructive” combination overview rating on Steam, it has not attracted an enormous viewers of gamers. Steam data confirmed that it peaked at 558 gamers and has fallen off in an enormous approach since then, with simply 11 folks enjoying the sport proper now on Steam. The sport can be obtainable on the Epic Video games Retailer, however participant inhabitants information just isn’t public.
The sport prices $15, and it has free trials each weekend, however this was apparently not sufficient to drive sufficient curiosity within the sport. It launched right into a crowded marketplace for live-service multiplayer video games, with many failing to seek out audiences and shutting down.