Rumbleversethe free-to-play, pro-wrestling-inspired battle royale brawler will be discontinued in February, This was announced by Epic Games and developer Iron Galaxy Studios on Tuesday. The game will go offline on February 28, about six months after the game’s official launch.
“The remaining weeks will be an opportunity to celebrate the competitive spirit you brought to this game,” said iron galaxy. “There will be more livestreams to play some games with the developers and let them pull back the curtain to share some behind-the-scenes moments of the creative process that built this city.”
But the reality is that the whole thing will close at the end of February. Any player who has spent money on the game – including purchasing a Battle Pass or in-game currency, Brawlla Bills – is eligible for a refund on any platform. “We will soon be releasing an FAQ page with additional information about refunds,” Iron Galaxy said.
“We sincerely hope that this news does not mark the end Rumbleverse‘ added Iron Galaxy in a more personal way Open letter to the game’s player community. “You may not have seen the Rumble in its final form. When we can welcome the people back to the deck of the barge, we hope you’ll be there, laced up and ready to take your rightful place in the cannon.”
Rumbleverse is a melee-based twist on the battle royale genre. Players started out in Grapital City, a large map with multiple landmarks, and stuffed their bags with buffs, power-ups, and other items. Enemies were supplexed from the tops of skyscrapers and/or thrown into the water to be eliminated.
although Rumbleverse Developed to be as watchable as playable, the game failed to garner much attention on Twitch, which may have sealed its fate – along with several other battle royale titles. Electronic Arts also announced the closure on Tuesday Apex Legends Mobilewhich started in May 2022 and ended development on Battlefield Mobilea project announced in April 2021.
Rumbleverse was first announced at The Game Awards 2021, although a planned Early Access launch was pushed back to January 2022 to allow Iron Galaxy to streamline and polish the game. It officially launched on August 11th on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X.
A Nintendo Switch Version Has Been Rated (Overseas) Earlier this month, but that seems unlikely now.
Founded in 2008, Iron Galaxy is best known for its games dive kick (2013) and die out (2018) and for his work at killer instinct‘s second and third seasons for Xbox Game Studios.
