Star Wars Hunters writer Zynga has introduced plans for the sport to close down fully simply 9 months after it was launched, and it seems plans to launch a PC model of Steam are scrapped.(*9*)
The NaturalMotion-developed, free-to-download team-based battle enviornment sport launched on Nintendo Change and iOS and Android in June 2024. IGN’s Star Wars: Hunters overview returned a 7/10. We stated: “Star Wars: Hunters’ lighthearted PvP enjoyable is sort of a get together on the Dying Star: Spectacular for a bit, however in all probability not a spot you’ll wish to grasp round for too lengthy.”(*9*)
It appears the overview was prescient, as Zynga announced that “after cautious consideration” it had determined the ultimate content material replace for Star Wars: Hunters throughout all platforms could be launched on April 15, with the sport remaining playable till October 1, 2025.(*9*)
“We perceive this information could also be disappointing and wish to guarantee you that this resolution was not made frivolously,” Zynga continued. “Your ardour and dedication to the sport and its neighborhood have meant the world to us, and we’re dedicated to offering visibility and updates all through the transition course of.”(*9*)
Listed below are the logistics: on March 25, Season 5 can be prolonged by three weeks. Zynga will re-run occasions and store bundles from the Season, and the Ranked Season will even be prolonged, giving gamers extra time to hit Kyber 1 rank.(*9*)
On April 15, the sport’s ultimate content material replace can be launched at no cost and in-game purchases can be disabled throughout all platforms. New Help Hunter, Tuya, will be a part of the sport as a part of the ultimate replace. Tuya can be out there and playable for all customers instantly without charge, together with a slate of extra in-game content material. Zynga will proceed to run a ultimate Ranked Mode leaderboard for gamers to compete in and run all battlefields and sport modes in rotation.(*9*)
After which, on October 1, on-line servers will formally shut down, and Star Wars: Hunters will now not be playable past this level.(*9*)
There’s no point out of the PC model, which was introduced to launch on Steam in early entry kind this yr, within the shutdown discover. Its Steam web page now features a discover that the sport is “now not out there on the Steam retailer.”(*9*)
Take-Two-owned Zynga is greatest recognized for cellular video games FarmVille, Phrases with Pals, and CSR Racing, however with Star Wars: Hunters it branched out to console for the primary time. Equally, Star Wars: Hunters was meant to be the primary Zynga-published sport to launch on PC.(*9*)
“The success of Star Wars: Hunters on cellular and Nintendo Change units has led to our resolution to increase the sport to PC,” stated Yaron Leyvan, govt vp, video games, at Zynga, again in November.(*9*)
“That is one thing our neighborhood of followers have been asking for and we’re very excited to welcome much more gamers to Vespaara. This second additionally marks a milestone for Zynga as we deliver one among our video games to PC for the primary time.”(*9*)
There are nonetheless quite a lot of Star Wars video video games within the works, together with Respawn Leisure’s third Star Wars Jedi sport and Bit Reactor’s turn-based ways sport set to be revealed at Star Wars Celebration 2025.(*9*)
Wesley is the UK Information Editor for IGN. Discover him on Twitter at @wyp100. You may attain Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.(*9*)