Knockout City Going Down for the Count [Feb 03, 2023, 12:15 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
An
announcement on The Future of Knockout City has the news that Season 9 will
mark the end of Knockout City, the free-to-play dodge ball game. The game
launched not even two
years ago, and soon thereafter
boasted over five million players. But it
went free-to-play last June in
a sign that business could have been better. Now word is the shutdown will
come on June 6th, almost exactly a year after that F2P transition. There are
various festivities for players between now and then. There's also good news for
die-hard players, as there's word on plans for a private server version to allow
the game to live on after the official shutdown. Here's a
Future of Knockout City Trailer and the overview:
Today we are announcing that Season 9 will be Knockout City’s final season. Then, on the morning of June 6, 2023, over two years after our initial launch, all servers around the world will be shut down and the game will no longer be playable. This was an extremely difficult decision for us, but a necessary and important one for our studio. Before that happens, there are a ton of new updates in store. We’ve got a jam-packed Season 9 full of all the amazing new content you’ve come to expect, an epic send-off both in and out of the game, and even a private server version on PC so Knockout City can live on forever. Read on for a full explanation of why we’re making this decision, what it means for you, how it affects the game, and everything you can look forward to over the next few months.
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The reason nobody has ever heard of this despite looking good and having good reviews is because it was kept off Steam for a long time. Steam isn't even on the official website. Big mistake.
loomy wrote on Feb 3, 2023, 12:23:
The reason nobody has ever heard of this despite looking good and having good reviews is because it was kept off Steam for a long time. Steam isn't even on the official website. Big mistake.
I don't think that's accurate.
First, I see Steam on the website. They show the logo for PS5, Xbox, Steam, Switch, Epic, in that order.
Steam Player Count shows that it had a huge spike in May of 2021. It launched for all platforms May of 2021. So it seems it was always on Steam. It didn't come to Epic until last year. It may have also required Origin, but it was available to buy on Steam at launch.
Also, being a cross-platform super colorful multiplayer game, PS5 and Xbox were probably always the core platforms, so failing on PC shouldn't be a total shutdown. It failed everywhere.
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I never played this game, but I have to commend the devs on creating the ability to create private servers. So many games just die after a move like this, so this is definitely refreshing.
EUTHANIZE wrote on Feb 3, 2023, 14:32:
I never played this game, but I have to commend the devs on creating the ability to create private servers. So many games just die after a move like this, so this is definitely refreshing.
Yeah I agree, that is very cool. Let's hope it happens for those that enjoy the game.
That being said, I only have experience with Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball. Good fun!
... and even a private server version on PC so Knockout City can live on forever.
Such a simple thing, and yet EA, Square, Activision, Ubisoft, 2k et al can't do it. Kudos to these dudes for showing them how it's done.
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