EA is shutting down its MOBA Dawngate , which was in development at Waystone Games. This news comes from Waystone Games general manager Matthew Broomberg in an official post on the Dawngate website. The game has been in beta for the past few months, and will not see a full release.
“Whenever we begin a game project, we do so with great hopes and expectations. In this case, we chose to enter a new genre for EA in MOBA, one that we knew going in was extremely competitive. We built a game in Dawngate that wasn’t simply a clone of existing MOBAs, but one that truly pushed the genre forward in many ways. Dawngate has been in beta for almost 18 months, including a full open beta for the past six months. Through that time, we’ve taken a lot of feedback from players and delivered lots of new features and innovations. And although the game has grown, we’re not seeing the progress we’d hoped for. This isn’t the outcome we wanted, but beta testing is about learning and improving, and ultimately, about making difficult decisions about how to proceed.”
The shutdown process will take 90 days, at which time the game will remain open. Any players which have spent money on the game during its beta will have their money refunded over the next ten days.
Source: Dawngate