Marvel’s Avengers will obtain no new content material and its remaining patch arrives in March

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Crystal Dynamics are ending assist for Marvel’s Avengers, their dwell service superhero game. That means it will not obtain any additional new content material, its remaining stability patch can be launched on March thirty first, and all different assist and the sale of the game will stop on September thirtieth. Players who already personal the game at that time will be capable of proceed enjoying in single- and multiplayer, for at the very least some time.

“After two-and-a-half years and introducing twelve of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, following Update 2.8 on March 31, 2023, we are going to now not add new content material or options to Marvel’s Avengers. All official assist for the game will finish on September 30, 2023,” says the announcement on the Avengers site.

“Update 2.7, which added the Winter Soldier Hero and Cloning Lab Omega-Level Threat, is the final new content material to be added to the game. No new cosmetics are coming to the Marketplace, and all remaining stability updates will happen in Update 2.8 in March.”

Update 2.8 can even make “all of the game’s Marketplace, Challenge Card, and Shipment beauty content material obtainable to all gamers free of charge,” as a method of thanking gamers for his or her assist.

Although the plan is for multiplayer to stay obtainable, Crystal Dynamics say that “after September 30, 2023 we are able to’t assure that we can handle points that happen as a result of unexpected circumstances.” That’s not promising information for these nonetheless enjoying the game – of which there are hundreds on Steam, at the very least.

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Marvel’s Avengers obtained a tough reception from the second it was first proven, when individuals thought its tackle Tony Stark, Steve Rogers et al. made them seem like knock-off toys based mostly on the movies. Or worse. It did not get a lot better after launch, as dwell service energy development is a tricky needle to string at one of the best of instances, and solely made tougher by a fictional world through which everybody is supposed to be superpowered. Sales failed to satisfy Square Enix’s expectations at launch in 2020, and Square Enix offered Crystal Dynamics and all their Western improvement studios to Embracer Group final 12 months.

The upside, should you can name it that, is perhaps extra Legacy Of Kain games from Crystal Dynamics as a substitute.

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