‘Ethereum’s’ Ember Sword’ is the newest in a growing wave of Crypto -Game -Shutdowns

Four years after attracting $ 203 million in NFT Land SalesEthereum Game Ember Sword is closed, in which developer Bright Star Studios quotes a lack of financing that is needed to continue his activities. It is the newest example of a growing trend of crypto games that close the store.

“We were ultimately unable to secure the financing that was needed to continue,” official Now reads. “We have explored all possible ways. But in the current market – where even some of the most promising projects are closed – we could not find a path to keep building.”

Massaal Multiplayer Online Role Play Game (MMORPG) Ember Sword became a prominent place in 2021 in the midst of the metaille boom-round the time that Facebook Rebranded to Meta. It had completed a number of financing rounds, with one announced to total $ 2 millionAttracting investments from people as a video streamer Dr. Disrespect, The sandbox Co-founder Sebastien Borget and Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin.

The project also attracted prominent gaming veterans as advisers, including Rob Pardo, former Chief Creative Officer at Blizzard Entertainment and main designer of the hugely popular World of Warcraft, as well as retired eSports player Dennis “Thresh” Fong.

While Metaverse Mania reached its peak in 2021, there was a virtual land grip, which gave rise to high-quality NFT sale in games such as the Sandbox and Decentraland. In the midst of this explosion of interest, Em -Sword himself attracted $ 203 million to NFT land purchases through 35,000 players.

Ember Sword eventually went in closed beta in July 2024, but the gameplay images were met with a whole series of commentators disappointed about the product.

Late in the year, the game came in public early access to Ethereum Layer-2 Network Mantle-de Second movement after earlier jumping from Polygon to unchanging X.

Now the game is closed forever, with its servers who go offline and access to disagreement are limited. The ENG-Token has since fallen to almost worthy, with a market capitalization of only $ 82,000 and a price fell by more than 99% compared to peak.

“This is not the end that someone wanted from ours,” is the site. “But we sincerely wanted to thank you here, for believing in this vision and for helping Ember Sword something that we will never forget.”

Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident, but rather part of a much wider trend of crypto games that close this month.

Last week, Cat theme Solana Shooter Nyan Heroes Shut DownWith Developer 9 Lives Interactive also mentions an inability to secure financing if it had to close the store. The Hero Shooter had just completed its fourth play test via the Epic Games store, where the studio claimed more than a million players in the four periods. A full version of the game was planned to launch next winter.

It was the same day announced Via Discord that mobile game blast Royale’s development will be stopped, although the game open source will be for other developers to pick up. On Monday Ronin Role-Playing Game Tatsumeko was too ended While the makers said they were moving the focus on their discord -based Fantasy Life Simulator called Project: Wander.

Other remarkable game closures in recent months are Deadrop and the Mystery Society, with Gala Games’ The Walking Dead: Empires also announced to be closed at the end of July.

Published by Andrew Hayward