5. Wildstar

Wildstar is gone forever. This free to play (wasn’t when launched) MMORPG gave us the bright, colorful and unique world of Nexus that showed bags of promise. Two factions, the Exiles and the Dominion vying for survival and ownership of this foreign world was just the tip of the iceberg. The game’s combat was fresh, its dungeons and raids at end-game hard for those that dare to do it. Overall, Wildstar offered many high points, like its amazing housing system and movement mechanics amid a wave of carbon copy MMORPGs. Unfortunately, lack of content and players over four years since release mean NCSOFT, its publishers, ran out of patience. Wildstar was officially shut down in November 2018.

4. Cloud Pirates

Only a few months since its release, the plug was pulled on Cloud Pirates. The aerial PvP arena MMO did see some life during its run. The game utilized clever progression systems while keeping the focus on the fun team-based combat and air ship classes. Developers  My.com still have not come out with any explanation or reasoning for sunsetting the game. For us inquisitive folks, its easy to see why. The PvP ship battle game just isn’t popular enough to gain the traction and playerbase it needs. According to game data tracking site SteamSpy, the average peak concurrent players on Steam isn’t great. It averages 200 players online at any one time, which is not at all healthy for an MMO of any kind.

3. Bless Online

Neowiz announced in June 2019 that Bless Online will shut down in September. This brings to a close, one of the most notorious Korean MMORPG in recent history. What made Bless infamous you ask? Well, it failed in two of its native region launches for starters, then decided it was going to launch globally on Steam, it promised plenty of improvements both to quality of life and gameplay, and none of them were fulfilled at launch, and even the performance of the game was worst than ever before. They charged a buy to play fee at early access then made it go free to play, all the while, funding a new Bless game for the Xbox One called Bless: Unleashed, out later in 2019. The warning signs were there when players called them out, but the hype train was too strong, and the backlash came like a tsunami. Don’t think this is the last we’ve seen of Bless though, the IP is like a roach.

2. Paragon

We see a theme here. If you’re going to make a brand new MOBA game, it needs to be bloody brilliant or no one’s going to be playing it. In Paragon’s case, this isn’t why the game shut down for good this April. Paragon was a decent MOBA that had all the right ingredients, but lacked the manpower to maintain. Epic Games – you know them as the creators of Fortnite – was simply swamped with the game that is making them rich. That’s Fortnite if you haven’t already guessed. Therefore, they announced that Paragon was difficult to maintain, and would rather focus their energies on a game that actually brings in the money. Makes sense.

1. Marvel Heroes

At top spot is Marvel Heroes, yet another superhero MMORPG game that lost to the bad guys. The bad guys here are the developers themselves. Marvel Heroes started off very well. Its blend of ARPG gameplay meets Iron Man and co worked pretty well on the PC. It’s the game that Marvel fans flocked to, to play as all the newly released Heros that came out with each MCU release. Where it all went wrong however, was with a greedy, hastily designed console port. The Omega launch alienated a majority of the core player-base. In addition to that, bad mismanagement at the top of Gazillion Entertainment didn’t help the developers’ cause. This resulted in Disney pulling the license. Marvel Heroes officially went dark in November 2017. We’re still wondering if we’ll truly see a proper Marvel MMO.

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5. Wildstar

It’s hard to believe that Wildstar is no longer with is. This free to play (wasn’t when launched) MMORPG gave us the bright, colorful and unique world of Nexus that showed bags of promise. Two factions, the Exiles and the Dominion vying for survival and ownership of this foreign world was just the tip of the iceberg. The game’s combat was fresh, its dungeons and raids at end-game hard for those that dare to do it. Overall, Wildstar offered many high points, like its amazing housing system and movement mechanics amid a wave of carbon copy MMORPGs. Unfortunately, lack of content and players over four years since release mean NCSOFT, its publishers, ran out of patience. Wildstar was officially shut down in November 2018.

4. Cloud Pirates

Only a few months since its release, the plug was pulled on Cloud Pirates. The aerial PvP arena MMO did see some life during its run. The game utilized clever progression systems while keeping the focus on the fun team-based combat and air ship classes. Developers  My.com still have not come out with any explanation or reasoning for sunsetting the game. For us inquisitive folks, its easy to see why. The PvP ship battle game just isn’t popular enough to gain the traction and playerbase it needs. According to game data tracking site SteamSpy, the average peak concurrent players on Steam isn’t great. It averages 200 players online at any one time, which is not at all healthy for an MMO of any kind.

3. MXM (Master X Master)

NCSOFT is no stranger to shutting down games, and MXM is one of its latest titles to be axed. Released out of open beta and into the wilderness almost a year ago, MXM was considered by many, us included, to be a fresh take on the MOBA genre. The game’s roster of heroes includes fan-favorite characters from NCSOFT’s other games. This includes the likes of Guild Wars 2, Blade and Soul and Wildstar. However, for a game that was made to attract MOBA players, it didn’t hit whatever internal goal the company had set. As a result, MXM shut down on January 31st 2018. The good news is, the game did inspire a host of other similar games, like Battlerite.

2. Paragon

We see a theme here. If you’re going to make a brand new MOBA game, it needs to be bloody brilliant or no one’s going to be playing it. In Paragon’s case, this isn’t why the game shut down for good this April. Paragon was a decent MOBA that had all the right ingredients, but lacked the manpower to maintain. Epic Games – you know them as the creators of Fortnite – was simply swamped with the game that is making them rich. That’s Fortnite if you haven’t already guessed. Therefore, they announced that Paragon was difficult to maintain, and would rather focus their energies on a game that actually brings in the money. Makes sense.

1. Marvel Heroes

At top spot is Marvel Heroes, yet another superhero MMO game that lost to the bad guys. The bad guys here are the developers themselves. Marvel Heroes started off very well. Its blend of ARPG gameplay meets Iron Man and co worked pretty well on the PC. It’s the game that Marvel fans flocked to, to play as all the newly released Heros that came out with each MCU release. Where it all went wrong however, was with a greedy, hastily designed console port. The Omega launch alienated a majority of the core player-base. In addition to that, bad mismanagement at the top of Gazillion Entertainment didn’t help the developers’ cause. This resulted in Disney pulling the license. Marvel Heroes officially went dark in November 2017. We’re still wondering if we’ll truly see a proper Marvel MMO.

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5. LawBreakers

It’s been almost a year since E3 2017, where the game announced it was launching out of early access on August 8th 2017. LawBreakers had great ideas with its class systems that for an FPS arena shooter, felt well paced and executed in design. Unfortunately, operating in the shadow of Overwatch and rising games like PUBG did it no favors. In the past year alone, FPS online games ran amok with so many coming out, especially free to play titles. With LawBreakers being a buy to play game, it had another disadvantage. The rise of other games from the Battle Royale genre like Fortnite also gave players a reason to check out free to play titles with equal amounts of fun. In the end, Boss Key Productions announced a week after itself was revealed to be shutting down, that the lights would go out on LawBreakers come September 2018.

4. Cloud Pirates

Only a few months since its release, the plug was pulled on Cloud Pirates. The aerial PvP arena MMO did see some life during its run. The game utilized clever progression systems while keeping the focus on the fun team-based combat and air ship classes. Developers  My.com still have not come out with any explanation or reasoning for sunsetting the game. For us inquisitive folks, its easy to see why. The PvP ship battle game just isn’t popular enough to gain the traction and playerbase it needs. According to game data tracking site SteamSpy, the average peak concurrent players on Steam isn’t great. It averages 200 players online at any one time, which is not at all healthy for an MMO of any kind.

3. MXM

NCSOFT is no stranger to shutting down games, and MXM is one of its latest titles to be axed. Released out of open beta and into the wilderness almost a year ago, MXM was considered by many, us included, to be a fresh take on the MOBA genre. The game’s roster of heroes includes fan-favorite characters from NCSOFT’s other games. This includes the likes of Guild Wars 2, Blade and Soul and Wildstar. However, for a game that was made to attract MOBA players, it didn’t hit whatever internal goal the company had set. As a result, MXM shut down on January 31st 2018. The good news is, the game did inspire a host of other similar games, like Battlerite.

2. Paragon

We see a theme here. If you’re going to make a brand new MOBA game, it needs to be bloody brilliant or no one’s going to be playing it. In Paragon’s case, this isn’t why the game shut down for good this April. Paragon was a decent MOBA that had all the right ingredients, but lacked the manpower to maintain. Epic Games – you know them as the creators of Fortnite – was simply swamped with the game that is making them rich. That’s Fortnite if you haven’t already guessed. Therefore, they announced that Paragon was difficult to maintain, and would rather focus their energies on a game that actually brings in the money. Makes sense.

1. Marvel Heroes

At top spot is Marvel Heroes, yet another superhero MMO game that lost to the bad guys. The bad guys here are the developers themselves. Marvel Heroes started off very well. Its blend of ARPG gameplay meets Iron Man and co worked pretty well on the PC. It’s the game that Marvel fans flocked to, to play as all the newly released Heros that came out with each MCU release. Where it all went wrong however, was with a greedy, hastily designed console port. The Omega launch alienated a majority of the core player-base. In addition to that, bad mismanagement at the top of Gazillion Entertainment didn’t help the developers’ cause. This resulted in Disney pulling the license. Marvel Heroes officially went dark in November last year. We’re still wondering if we’ll truly see a proper Marvel MMO.

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Only a few months since its release, Cloud Pirates is shutting down. My.com have not come out with any explanation or reasoning for sunsetting the game.

For us inquisitive folks, its easy to see why. The PvP ship battle game just isn’t popular enough to gain the traction and playerbase it needs. According to game data tracking site SteamSpy, the average peak concurrent players on  Steam isn’t great. It averages 200 players online at any one time, which is not at all healthy for an MMO of any kind.

In addition, the game is strangely region locked for players in SE Asia, which further restricts its ability to gain players. It’s unfortunate because the game’s setting and game play looks incredibly fun. There aren’t many steampunk ship battle games out there, which any studio should capitalize on.

Before it shuts however, My.com are turning on some farewell boosts in-game. Between now and the end, progress is increased by 50% and all content will be available for 1 Gold. Players with premium currency can also convert them to Rubies for a decent rate. This feature will allow you to use your premium currency on other My.com games when Cloud Pirates goes down permanently. For more information, check out the official post here.

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After months of beta testing, Cloud Pirates is launching today! The tactical air ship combat game is causing a stir in the MMO community. It has just enough action game play and air ship customization to make this game the “WoT” of the skies with a Pirate theme.

The brand new Stronghold Update is also live with today’s launch. Stronghold will allow players to create their own fortress. It’s a completely new and fun game mode too. Players can attack each other’s fortress in the new siege mode and there are cool rewards to earn. One of them is of course, golden cannons which can be shown off proudly in regular game modes.

Stronghold also adds new features such leaderboards and a league system. In an effort to make the game more streamlined, there are new preset combat builds too. This allows new and casual players to pick a style that suits them best and roll with it.

And to wrap up the new update, a League System and consumables during battles are also included. Overall, the game has introduced some much needed gameplay additions just in time for launch.

We congratulate Cloud Pirates on finally launching, which means we will be making a first impressions video soon! If you haven’t already subscribed to our YouTube channel, do it. We’ll upload our first impressions and review of Cloud Pirates in the coming week.

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A new Closed Beta test was announced over the weekend by Allods Team which has arrived shortly after the conclusion of the second test; the MOBA Cloud Pirates will be entering its third test in several days time which has been confirmed to have several major changes.

The biggest change for the third Closed Beta test is the shipyard tree overhaul; it’s been modified quite a bit according to the website however not all of the details have been explained just yet. There are now a variety of Tier 1 ships which are accessible for all new players while the new Crew System uses a collectible system for players to create their own playstyle. Other changes have also been made to rework the Captain skill tree and add new Ship customization options to the game.

According to the website, Allods Team will unveil more changes once the Closed Beta 3 begins later this week; the developer has officially confirmed that anyone who had access to the last test will also be registered for this one.

Cloud Pirates is the upcoming Action MMO that blends MMO elements with classic MOBA gameplay to create a unique gameplay experience. Each player controls a ship in this 10v10 game where each team must work together as they struggle to obtain victory; there are a range of maps and a variety of different roles on the battlefield in this unique game. Details about the mechanics of the game are still limited at this time but the developer should release more in the coming weeks as the game approaches full release in 2017.

Full patch notes about the latest changes to the game will be released later this week alongside the third Closed Beta test; the next text is due to begin on December 21st and interested gamers can sign up to the test on the official website If they haven’t signed up already. Anyone who has previously registered for a test will be automatically put into the draw for Closed Beta Test 3.

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Cloud Pirates is the upcoming MMO action game where players control and battle with airships where the aim is to destroy the enemy team and complete objectives; the game doesn’t have an official release date just yet but developer Allods Team is already taking input from gamers.

The second Closed Beta test has just begun for Europe and North American players; this new test has been confirmed to contain a range of new content for players to test and comment on. There has been no confirmation of what gamemodes will be available during the test but Allods Team has provided quite a bit of information about what changes they’ve made to the game and what’s included in the test.

One of the biggest changes in this Closed Beta test seems to be the new progress system for the “Captain Progress”. The new system allows players to raise their Captain skills regardless of what ship they decide to use; it was also revealed that the new system allows players to create their own playstyle by adjusting their ship and talent options.

Ten new ships have been confirmed for the test however, the developer hasn’t commented on how they will be introduced to the game; it’s possible they will be spread across the two tech trees seen in the first Closed Beta test.

Adjustments to the weapons have also been made to ensure the game is balanced; this means that weapon accuracy and rate of fire have been increased along side changes to the firing range which has been increased.

The new testing period has already begun and Allods Team haven’t announced an end date for this test yet; interesting gamers can sign up on the official website for a chance to be invited to this test and future test events.

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