“Born for War” shuts down the server at the end of the month, the developer’s heartache game will disappear forever |

The 5v5 multiplayer competitive shooting “Battleborn” (Battleborn) developed by Gearbox Software, the “Border Forbidden” team, will shut down the server permanently after January 25 this year. Players will not be able to connect at that time. Realize this This game is about to disappear forever on the market, which also makes many developers feel sad.

“Born for War” was launched in early May 2016. In the same month, Blizzard launched “Overwatch” on PC, PS4, and Xbox One at the end of the same month.“Born for War” did not show any improvement in popularity, and changed to free operation after its first anniversary. In the end, the official announced the autumn update in 2017 as the final update. Although the game has not been closed, it is still in a state of operation and the number of people on Steam is also very small.

According to the publisher 2K announcement, Last year, the server shutdown time of “Born for War” was set on January 25, 2021. At that time, players will not be able to play any games. In a blink of an eye, there are only a few days left before the server is shut It’s worship.

Of course, facing the disappearance of the game he made forever, the lead author of the game Aaron Linde expressed sadness through Twitter. After all, this game is the crystallization of their painstaking efforts and their colleagues. Even if they did not receive attention, they ended up in the game. The fate of disappearance is still unacceptable. However, Linde also emphasized that in the future, he will work hard to develop games that are as peculiar as “Born for War”.

Yes, because “Born for War” is an online game, even if you have a physical CD, the game requires a server connection to play. When the server decided to shut down, it was destined that “Born for War” was about to disappear in the torrent of the video game platform market.

Battleborn’s servers are going dark in just a few weeks. When they do, it’ll be like the game never existed at all. All the work and love and blood that went into that game will disappear with it and I’m really heartbroken about it.

– Aaron Linde (@aaronlinde) January 4, 2021

There are not many examples of the sustainable operation of online games. Server maintenance, version updates, and operators all require continuous investment of manpower and capital. Of course, they must also face the risk of market elimination mechanism. Once the number of players is insufficient, the operator’s income will be short. Game operations may all face the same fate.

After all, the current trend has been towards the digitalization of the Internet, which is quite different from the old age game environment where you can always play games on the host as long as you have a cassette or disc (of course, your host and the game require Well preserved).

Of course, “Born for War” has not been closed yet, but the Steam store is no longer available for download. Friends who want to experience it before the server is closed have to find another way to obtain physical discs or game files.

From 2016 to 2021, “Born for War” will shut down the server on the 25th of this month.

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