Star Wars Hunters writer Zynga has introduced plans for the sport to close down completely simply 9 months after it was launched, and it seems plans to launch a PC model of Steam are scrapped.
The NaturalMotion-developed, free-to-download team-based battle area recreation launched on Nintendo Switch and iOS and Android in June 2024. IGN’s Star Wars: Hunters overview returned a 7/10. We stated: “Star Wars: Hunters’ lighthearted PvP enjoyable is sort of a get together on the Death Star: Impressive for a bit, however most likely not a spot you’ll wish to grasp round for too lengthy.”
It appears the overview was prescient, as Zynga announced that “after cautious consideration” it had determined the ultimate content material replace for Star Wars: Hunters throughout all platforms can be launched on April 15, with the sport remaining playable till October 1, 2025.
“We perceive this information could also be disappointing and wish to guarantee you that this resolution was not made evenly,” Zynga continued. “Your ardour and dedication to the sport and its group have meant the world to us, and we’re dedicated to offering visibility and updates all through the transition course of.”
Here are the logistics: on March 25, Season 5 can be prolonged by three weeks. Zynga will re-run occasions and store bundles from the Season, and the Ranked Season will even be prolonged, giving gamers extra time to hit Kyber 1 rank.
On April 15, the sport’s closing content material replace can be launched without spending a dime and in-game purchases can be disabled throughout all platforms. New Support Hunter, Tuya, will be a part of the sport as a part of the ultimate replace. Tuya can be obtainable and playable for all customers instantly for gratis, together with a slate of further in-game content material. Zynga will proceed to run a closing Ranked Mode leaderboard for gamers to compete in and run all battlefields and recreation modes in rotation.
And then, on October 1, on-line servers will formally shut down, and Star Wars: Hunters will not be playable past this level.
There’s no point out of the PC model, which was introduced to launch on Steam in early entry kind this 12 months, within the shutdown discover. Its Steam web page now features a discover that the sport is “not obtainable on the Steam retailer.”
Take-Two-owned Zynga is finest identified for cell video games FarmVille, Words with Friends, and CSR Racing, however with Star Wars: Hunters it branched out to console for the primary time. Similarly, Star Wars: Hunters was meant to be the primary Zynga-published recreation to launch on PC.
“The success of Star Wars: Hunters on cell and Nintendo Switch gadgets has led to our resolution to broaden the sport to PC,” stated Yaron Leyvan, govt vice chairman, video games, at Zynga, again in November.
“This is one thing our group of followers have been asking for and we’re very excited to welcome much more gamers to Vespaara. This second additionally marks a milestone for Zynga as we carry one among our video games to PC for the primary time.”
There are nonetheless a variety of Star Wars video video games within the works, together with Respawn Entertainment’s third Star Wars Jedi recreation and Bit Reactor’s turn-based techniques recreation set to be revealed at Star Wars Celebration 2025.
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