Major game enjoyed by 15 million players shutting down in DAYS as baffled fans told it ‘will no longer be available'

Scottish Sun

13-05-2025

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A GAME enjoyed by more than 15million people at its peak is preparing to bow out in just a couple of weeks.
Developers have warned players that the title "will no longer be available to play" on May 29, six years after its successful launch.
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The game launched in 2019 and had 15million active players at its peak
Credit: Phoenix Labs
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Bosses said a 'decline of active players' had lead to the game's closure
Credit: Phoenix Labs
Dauntless burst onto the scene with largely positive reviews and quickly gained users.
The free-to-play action role-playing game was available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, Nintendo Switch and PC.
"Dauntless is shutting down on May 29, 2025," Phoenix Labs said.
"Dauntless will receive no additional content or updates.
"The game will no longer be available to play on May 29, 2025."
In a separate post on the game's website, the firm said: "We've made the difficult decision to shut down Dauntless due to the negative public reception of TK and subsequent decline of active players."
Despite starting off successfully, players say that changes in ownership of the company behind it "ruined the game".
"The game is nothing like I remember it when it first launched," one person wrote on Reddit.
"They literally killed their own game," another commented.
"At this point I feel like it was on purpose."
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A third raged: "I hate to see the game die, I loved it for years, but the company that bought the game forcefully turned it into a mtx hellscape and they deserve to have it crash and fail.
"I hope the excellent devs that did the work can find new work quickly."
More game closures coming up
Online games are routinely shut down as user numbers drop.
This is because it becomes no longer viable to run the servers that host the games.
Here's a list of major games due to shut down throughout 2025:
MultiVersus - May 30
xDefiant - June 3
The First Descendant - June 19
Black Desert - June 26
Resident Evil ReVerse - June 29
Madden NFL 21 - June 30
Arizona Sunshine - July 1
Skyworld - July 1
Danmachi Battle Chronicle - September 29
WWE 2K24 - September 30
Madden NFL 22 - October 20
PGA Tour 2K21 - October 30
NBA 2K24 - December 31