Nexon’s medieval fantasy brawler Warhaven is shutting down on April 5, 2024, simply six months after it launched on Steam in Early Access.
An replace on Warhaven’s Steam page introduced the closure, although Nexon did not explicitly say why it was occurring. Described as a “visceral, brutal medieval fantasy fight expertise” the place groups of 16 gamers would take one another on with swords, arrows, and magic, Warhaven struggled to make a mark with middling opinions and a low participant depend.
“From the primary alpha check in 2021 to the worldwide Early Access in 2023, Warhaven has come this far due to everybody’s love and assist,” Nexon mentioned. “We wish to specific our gratitude for the love and care you could have proven for Warhaven.
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“To create a sport that might be cherished and loved over an prolonged interval, we invested a lot consideration and energy. Nonetheless, regrettably, we should bid our honest farewell as of April 5, 2024. We apologise that we couldn’t come to you with higher information.”
Warhaven presently has a “combined” person evaluate score on Steam, with gamers stating balancing points, struggling servers, and gradual fight as causes to not choose it up. There are many optimistic opinions too although. “The sport runs easily and appears superb visually, the characters all play very in a different way (though I have never performed all of them but), theres a pleasant number of sport modes, and there are some cool, distinctive mechanics like reworking into an immortal and utilizing gliders or cannons to traverse the larger maps,” mentioned one person.
Numbers have dwindled since its launch, nonetheless. With a peak of 10,456 customers upon its Early Access launch, Warhaven’s numbers rapidly fell and it presently has a 24 hour peak of simply 171, in line with SteamDB. Low participant numbers like these are clearly an enormous drawback in a sport that requires 32 gamers for the total expertise.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.