Free-to-play workforce shooter Dirty Bomb is ceasing reside growth after disappointing participant numbers didn’t hold the game financially viable, builders Splash Damage stated in a submit this week.
“It’s with a heavy heart that, after a bug fix build ships in the upcoming weeks, we will be ending live development and updates on Dirty Bomb,” the builders wrote.
This means no new content material shall be produced for Dirty Bomb – no new mercenaries, occasions, or maps are going to be forthcoming.
However, Splash Damage is taking steps to verify it does proper by the participant base: Players who purchased the All Merc Pack DLC are being refunded, with the cash they spent going again into their Steam wallets. Unlocked Mercs will stay in participant accounts. The builders say they’ll proceed working the Dirty Bomb official servers “as long as the player count supports it,” and gamers will proceed to have the ability to lease personal servers. The firm is retaining Easy Anti-Cheat in place, and can proceed to answer buyer assist tickets.
Dirty Bomb has had a tough experience: In February 2016, Splash Damage bought the rights to the game back from publisher Nexon, saying the corporate hadn’t offered sufficient assist for the game. That yr, it partnered with Chinese holding firm Leyou and reportedly tripled its workers, redoubling efforts to maneuver Dirty Bomb ahead.
Sadly, this wasn’t sufficient to maintain the game solvent. According to SteamDB, Dirty Bomb has a median of 614 concurrent gamers, with each day peaks of round a thousand.
“Despite all the added time and resources, there were some challenges we couldn’t overcome, and we were not able to make DB the success that we hoped it could be,” Splash Damage said in the statement. “The bottom line is that we can’t financially justify continuing to work on the game we love.”
Splash Damage ends the announcement with a thank-you be aware to Dirty Bomb’s devoted gamers.
“To close, we’d like to say a heartfelt and sincere thank you for your support these many years,” they wrote. “Dirty Bomb is a shooter that we always wanted to make, we could not have done it without you and are forever grateful.”
Splash Damage says it’s at the moment engaged on new unannounced initiatives.
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