Paragon will shut down in April, and Epic are providing refunds for any buy

“After careful consideration,” the official announcement says, “and many difficult internal debates, we feel there isn’t a clear path for us to grow Paragon into a MOBA that retains enough players to be sustainable. We didn’t execute well enough to deliver on the promise of Paragon. We have failed you — despite the team’s incredibly hard work — and we’re sorry.”

Epic will present full refunds to Paragon gamers “for every purchase on any platform.” They don’t point out any time constraints or different limitations for these refunds. You can request a refund by means of their refund portal.

Paragon’s servers will proceed regular operation till April 26, however Epic warn that as participant counts lower matchmaking occasions and high quality will “further degrade.” Nonetheless, this might be your final likelihood to take a look at Paragon earlier than it’s gone for good.

The earlier assertion steered that the builders had been rethinking their efforts with Paragon partially because of the success of Fortnite, which shined a light-weight on the MOBA’s relative lack of development. It’s disappointing to see any sport fail, however it’s good to see Epic capable of make good concerning gamers’ investments within the sport, particularly given the notably disastrous shutdowns of video games like Marvel Heroes.