Nosgoth Is Shutting Down In May

<p>The free-to-play multiplayer arena title based on <em>The Legacy of Kain<&sol;em> series&comma; <em>Nosgoth<&sol;em>&comma; will be shutting down on May 31st&comma; 2016&period; Psyonix and Square Enix have also ceased development on the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Oghamsmith&comma; the community manager of Nosgoth&comma; announced the news on the game&&num;8217&semi;s website on Friday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;On behalf of the entire <em>Nosgoth<&sol;em> team we want to thank the community for all their feedback&comma; support and dedication to the game during the closed and open beta phases&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s been a pleasure to build this game with your help&comma; but ultimately its audience hasn’t grown enough to sustain ongoing operations&period;&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On the Q&amp&semi;A page&comma; further details have been given on what will happen due to this cancellation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Firstly&comma; they have announced that &&num;8220&semi;All purchases made since 1st March 2016 will be automatically refunded&period;&&num;8221&semi; All refunds will be automatically made in the next 14 days&period; In addition&comma; they have stated that &&num;8220&semi;Refunds for purchases of the Definitive Pack on the Steam Store will be processed from week commencing 18th April 2016&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For those who are worried about the game&&num;8217&semi;s Open Beta Cup Series from ESL&comma; it will be continuing in April and then afterwards&comma; &&num;8220&semi;it will cease&period;&&num;8221&semi; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;play&period;eslgaming&period;com&sol;nosgoth&sol;global&sol;news&sol;264395&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">ESL Gaming have said that<&sol;a> &&num;8220&semi;&lbrack;their&rsqb; last cup will take place on Sunday&comma; 24th April at 14&colon;00 CEST&comma; with the monthly final taking place on 30th April&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Q&amp&semi;A also mentions that the closure of <em>Nosgoth<&sol;em> does not affect the future of the <em>Legacy of Kain<&sol;em> series&period; It states that &&num;8220&semi;Any future <em>Legacy of Kain<&sol;em> project will be considered independently of <em>Nosgoth<&sol;em> and on the merits of the proposals alone&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You can still play <em>Nosgoth<&sol;em> and earn Gold in the game until May 31st&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nosgoth entered open beta on January 21st&comma; 2015 and reached over 1 million downloads after its first week&period; Despite this being said in a press release in January 2015&comma; &&num;8220&semi;the game hasn&&num;8217&semi;t grown enough to sustain ongoing operations&period;&&num;8221&semi; You can still play <em>Nosgoth<&sol;em> and earn Gold in the game until May 31st&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sources&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nosgoth&period;com&sol;blog&sol;a-farewell-to-arms" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Nosgoth Website<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nosgoth&period;com&sol;faq" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Q&amp&semi;A<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;play&period;eslgaming&period;com&sol;nosgoth&sol;global&sol;news&sol;264395&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">ESL Gaming<&sol;a> and Square Enix Press Releases<&sol;p>&NewLine;