Epic to Shut Down Paragon on April 26

<p>One of the more interesting additions to the MOBA genre&comma; <em>Paragon<&sol;em>&comma; is sadly coming to an end on April 26&comma; 2018&period; <em>Paragon<&sol;em> creators Epic made the announcement today via a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;epicgames&period;com&sol;paragon&sol;en-US&sol;news&sol;paragon-to-close-on-april-26">blog post<&sol;a> and social media updates&comma; informing players of their decision&period; They note that for the next few months as more and more players leave the game&comma; that wait times will most likely get longer up until the last day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;133668" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-133668" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-133668" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;01&sol;26155534&sol;file&lowbar;12334&lowbar;Screenshot-2016-03-16-12&period;39&period;38-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-133668" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">The glory days of the Legacy map in Paragon&comma; Epic Games<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>This is confirmation of rumors that were started last week when Epic made a post to the community discussing the state of the game&period; They noted that the game had not picked up with players the way they had hoped&comma; and the retention was not sustainable for what they needed out of the game&period; The other side of that was interior staffing&period; As many know Epic also has <em>Fortnite<&sol;em> on their plates to deal with&comma; and <em>Fortnite Battle Royale<&sol;em>&comma; the free-to-play battle royale game has become incredibly popular&comma; and bigger than even Epic expected&period; They talk about how <em>Fortnite BR<&sol;em> has become its own beast&comma; and they have slowly been taking more and more staff off of other projects and putting them onto it&period; This has been noticeable in the <em>Paragon<&sol;em> community as larger updates have been slow to come&comma; and patches have not dealt with what players often hoped they would&period; While Epic made a plea to the community for ideas on how to push <em>Paragon<&sol;em> and make it sustainable&comma; it seemed to already be too late for the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Epic&&num;8217&semi;s post&comma; they detailed how players can get refunds for any money that they have spent on the game&comma; which again is detailed <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;epicgames&period;com&sol;paragon&sol;en-US&sol;news&sol;paragon-to-close-on-april-26">here<&sol;a>&period; <em>Paragon<&sol;em> was an ambitious and often gorgeous MOBA that unfortunately had a few too many in-game and developer issues and it&&num;8217&semi;s going to be sad to see it go&period; I personally have put hundreds of hours into the game and loved the take on MOBAs&period; Making it a 3rd-person action game was fantastic design choice in my opinion&period; Were you a fan of the game and will you be moving on to other MOBAs like <em>Smite<&sol;em>&quest; Tell us your <em>Paragon<&sol;em> stories in the comments below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also&comma; keep an eye on the Gaming Historia Podcast this coming week as Chris and Colby have a discussion about digital gaming and how shutdowns could be affecting the digital market&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; Epic Games blog post<&sol;p>&NewLine;