GameSpot announces that
Marvel Heroes is shutting down, so the end is
nigh for this action/RPG designed by Gazillion Entertainment, the developer founded by Diablo
veteran David Brevik. Word is Marvel has ended its business relationship with
Gazillion. Here's the official statement, which is not exactly wordy: "We regret
to inform our Marvel Heroes fans that we have ended our relationship with
Gazillion Entertainment, and that the Marvel Heroes games will be shut down. We
would like to sincerely thank the players who joined the Marvel Heroes
community, and will provide any further updates as they become available."
There's no mention of this on the front page of
Marvel Heroes website, but there is a
post about this on their forums which indicates servers will stay online
until the end of this year:
We’re sad to inform our players and our
entire Marvel Heroes family that Marvel Heroes Omega will be shutting down. The
Marvel Heroes servers will stay on until Dec 31, 2017, and we’ll be removing
real money purchases as soon as possible. Players will be able to play the game
entirely for free once this sunset period commences. We will share the exact
date things go completely free as soon as we can.
We’ve had the privilege of entertaining and collaborating with our players for
over four years. We’re extremely humbled by that privilege and wanted to get
this message out: Thank you. Thank you to our players, our tireless employees,
and everyone involved in the life of Marvel Heroes, Marvel Heroes 2015, Marvel
Heroes 2016, and Marvel Heroes Omega.