

Read more: Blitzcrank set to receive Victorious skin for League's 2021 Season rewardsĭon’t forget to check out our MOBA dedicated section for more news, guides, updates, and esports coverage. The game had been receiving new patches every 2-3 months, which included balance changes, bug fixes, QoL improvements and occasional cosmetics, but new heroes haven't been added for a long time.Īt its peak in 2011, Heroes of Newerth had several million active players on a monthly basis but those days are long gone and will soon be a thing of the past. The studio had been supporting the game regularly over the last few years, despite a decreasing player base. The announcement message, posted on HoN's official Facebook page. 'server time' on April 10, Nostalrius disconnected its players and shut down for good. "We would like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone who has been on this journey, created special memories together with us, moved HoN forward and created a lot of unforgettable stories for HoN as well as made Heroes of Newerth one of the most popular MOBA games," reads the announcement, before informing the player base that the servers will cease to operate next summer. World of Warcraft's biggest private server, Nostalrius, closed down last night.

The game’s services will officially end on Apat 20:00 PDT.

When we say dead, we mean that all game modes, including single-player content, are no longer playable. The five-year online game was a huge success. Both the game’s English and Japanese social media accounts have made the announcement. Battleborn, a hero-based multiplayer shooter by Gearbox Software, is now officially gone, with servers shutting down permanently on January 31, 2021. Digimon ReArise has announced that it will shut down. Heroes of Newerth is officially shutting downįrostburn Studios, the current development team behind Heroes of Newerth, announced on 13th December that they will stop supporting HoN in 2022 and that the servers will be switched off forever on 20th June 2022, more than 12 years since the game was officially released. Digimon ReArise to shut down all servers. (Picture: Frostburn Studios)ĭespite its unique features and engaging gameplay, the downfall from being one of the most popular MOBA games in history to becoming essentially a "dead" game was unstoppable, and now the studio has officially announced that they are going to pull the plug and shut down the servers in six short months. Hey folks, I can confirm that Minecraft servers are NOT shutting down in 2020. As Drawn to Death is online only, it will be rendered totally unplayable once the servers go down, as. Expect Minecraft to continue operations through 2020 and beyond. The servers shut down today (March 25th, 2019), less than two years since the game launched. Heroes of Newerth was at its peak of popularity 10 years ago. Is Minecraft shutting down Not any time soon. And while Dota 2 and LoL are still some of the most popular esports titles more than a decade later, HoN has been struggling for years to keep a steady player base, changing development studio and monetisation systems in the process. Each game was heavily based on WarCraft 3's Defense of the Ancients, but each had its unique gimmicks and features that have attracted players.
