Detroit: Become Human Dev Quantic Dream Kills Live Service Game 3 Months After Early Access Launch, Insists Star Wars Ec

Quantic Dream has canceled its live service game, Spellcasters Chronicles, just three months after its early access launch. The French game company released MOBA Spellcasters Chronicles as its first ever free-to-play game in February, but it struggled for players and was met with a “mixed” user review rating on Steam. According to SteamDB, peaked with 888 concurrent players at launch, but had a 24-hour peak of just 54. Rather than see the early access period through to 1.0, Quantic Dream has decided to kill Spellcasters Chronicles now, signalling layoffs. Quantic Dream is best known for its successful single-player story-driven games, such as Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, and Detroit: Become Human. Spellcasters Chronicles was a drastic departure, revolving around 3v3 MOBA gameplay. Clearly, it hasn’t worked. “With Spellcasters Chronicles, Quantic Dream set out to propose a bold and original multiplayer experience,” the developer said in a statement issued to IGN. “It gave our studio the opportunity to explore new creative territories and experiment with new concepts. However, in today’s particularly challenging market environment, we must acknowledge that the game, in its current

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