Deathverse: Let It Die Will Be Temporarily Suspended on July 18 for Redevelopment
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Free-to-Play survival action game Deathverse: Let It Die will temporarily suspend its service starting July 18 as publisher GungHo Online Entertainment and developer Supertrick Games plans to redevelop the game to not only fix its matchmaking and lag issues, but deliver improvements to the game overall.
This announcement isn’t much of a surprise. Since its release last year, the free-to-play game Deathverse: Let It Die, struggled to maintain a reasonable audience. According to SteamDB, the game debuted on Steam with an all-time peak of just 1,380 players. It’s uncertain how well the player base is on PlayStation consoles.
But take note: this is a temporary suspension, not a closure. Supertrick Games and GungHo Online Entertainment aren't giving up as they are planning to re-release the game sometime in the future.
“This was a difficult decision for us to make. However, we believe that re-releasing the game with significant improvements will allow it to be enjoyed by a wider audience as well as our current players.”
“Considering how much time goes into developing a game–and that there’s a finite number of games one can possibly make in a lifetime–it’s impossible to say at this stage whether this is the right choice. But we love this game and are proud to have developed it together as a team. Therefore, we believe this is the best possible decision at this time.” says the developers in their announcement post on the suspension of the game.
For those unaware, Deathverse is an action game with the typical battle royale mechanics where players are pitted against each other in a shrinking arena to see who will be the last player standing. You go in with a primary weapon with skills and abilities that can be picked up in a match. The game is set in the same universe as the other free-to-play title Let It Die, with a quirky character design.
It’s a fun game when I tried it back in October on PlayStation, but you can tell there’s a player base issue right off the bat as most of my matches consist of AI bots to fill a lobby. Concerning as each match only features 16 players at a time.
Deathverse: Let It Die officially launched on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC through Steam on October 5, 2022.
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