Ubisoft has announced that it will sunset two of its free to play titles in the coming months. The Mighty Quest For Epic Loot will shut down on October 25th while free to play shooter Ghost Recon Phantoms will go offline on December 1st.
GR Phantoms has been a tremendous undertaking and we really relished the opportunity to bring to you a different take on the GR franchise. We are proud of what we have achieved but of course, a game like this would be nothing without its community. We’d like to sincerely thank you for your support, enthusiasm, patience and above all, your loyalty. For the hours played, the fun in your company, the never ending deaths at Balaklava Sub-Pen, the fights to control Tomsk-9, the sounds of shotguns and the fear of the P90 SD WAR, we are grateful.
If you look at Ghost Recon Phantoms on Steam Charts, you see a game that is still pretty well populated despite its age, albeit one that is progressively slipping in traffic with each month. As I write this, close to three thousand people are playing on a Sunday afternoon. As it stands, the current base is not spending enough to keep the game viable as low revenue was cited as one of the primary reasons for shutting the service down. As it stands, however, GRP’s run of four years is rather standard for a shooter’s life expectancy.
The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot, meanwhile, has seen a severe drop in Steam traffic, down to just a few hundred over the past six months. As a mostly single player game with a cash shop, Mighty Quest’s appeal was always bound to have some issues with consumers despite the overall game being rather fun.
Ghost Recon fans can look forward to the release of Ghost Recon Wildlands on PC, PS4, and Xbox One in 2017.
(Source: Steam)
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