![]() Even still, It is hard to define if the overdue content updates, dormant social media accounts, and departed staff members are solely due to the allegations of misconduct or if the game’s development had already been suffering before the ethical concerns came to light.Īccording to former Gazillion employee, Anthony Gallegos, who spoke on Kinda Funny Games Daily on November 27th, Gazillion’s contract with Marvel was lost at some point in October, resulting in a halt in development on the game. Massively Overpowered provided a succinct recap of the events surrounding the game’s development and final months. The game’s subreddit group tallied the losses throughout the day which ended when the game’s homepage and forums were ultimately taken down. The company would like to sincerely thank its fans and employees for all the support over the years of development and live service.” Instead, Marvel Heroes Omega will be sunset immediately on all platforms and will no longer be available as soon as this process is completed. As a result, we are no longer able to operate Marvel Heroes Omega until December 31 as originally planned. “It is with great sadness that we announce the closing of Gazillion Entertainment. Marvel Heroes’ twitter account posted a final farewell message : The game remained playable through the holiday weekend but promptly went offline on the afternoon of Monday, November 27th. Throughout the day, tweets from now-former Gazillion staff confirmed many of these details. The source also shared parts of a termination letter delivered to Gazillion staff by CEO Dave Dohrmann that indicated creditors had “pulled the plug” on funding, and that accrued time off and health benefits were no longer being honored. On November 22nd Massively Overpowered reported word from an anonymous source that Gazillion Entertainment had disbanded, laid off nearly all staff, and would be shutting down the game on November 24th instead of December 31st. It was still accessible from other territories including Australia, Europe, France, and Germany on that day but by November 23rd the game had been removed from these territories as well. 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.”Īs of November 16th the game remained available to download and play for free on Steam and Xbox One but the North American PlayStation 4 version was unavailable from the web or the console. We’re extremely humbled by that privilege and wanted to get this message out: Thank you. We’ve had the privilege of entertaining and collaborating with our players for over four years. We will share the exact date things go completely free as soon as we can. Players will be able to play the game entirely for free once this sunset period commences. The Marvel Heroes servers will stay on until Dec 31, 2017, and we’ll be removing real money purchases as soon as possible. “We’re sad to inform our players and our entire Marvel Heroes family that Marvel Heroes Omega will be shutting down. Later the same day the official Marvel Heroes homepage was updated with the following farewell message and further details: We would like to sincerely thank the players who joined the Marvel Heroes community, and will provide any further updates as they become available.” “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. The statement they provided to outlets including Kotaku who was one of the first to post the news follows: Steam, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 ( AU, EU, FR, DE)ĭisney/Marvel announced on November 15th, 2017 that they had terminated their relationship with developer Gazillion Entertainment and that Marvel Heroes would be shut down on December 31st.
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