After greater than two years, the Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit developer Velan Studios at the moment introduced it will be shutting down its free-to-play multiplayer brawler Knockout City on sixth June this yr – with Season 9 to be the “ultimate season” for the sport.
Although it is had over 12 million gamers, it has been unable to “entice and retain” sufficient gamers to make it sustainable. It’s additionally been a large studying curve for the studio, which is new to stay service video games, and subsequently it is made the powerful determination to finish help.
Velan Studios will transfer ahead by “innovating” – with hopes to proceed exploring new experiences for Knockout City in addition to different IP and merchandise, a few of which the crew is “very enthusiastic about”.
“While we will’t promise that Knockout City shall be again, what we can promise is that you simply’ll proceed to see new and progressive video games from Velan Studios that may shock and delight gamers around the globe.”
For extra particulars about Season 9, you possibly can try a detailed FAQ over on the sport’s web site. It’ll kick off on twenty eighth February 2023. On the identical date, all “real-money” transactions shall be faraway from the sport.
On a extra constructive be aware, after the server shut down on sixth June, Velan shall be releasing a standalone player-hosted model of the sport for Windows PCs – so even after the servers go offline Knockout City can proceed to be loved by followers.
