Supertrick Games and GungHo Online Entertainment announce their plans to suspend services forDeathverse: Let it Die. WhileGungHo Onlineplans to relaunch the game at a later date, players should expect a total suspension of services in July.Released in October 2022,Deathverse: Let It Dieis a free-to-play battle royale set in the same universe as 2016’sLet it Die. Taking place hundreds of years after an apocalyptic natural disaster, players take the role of contestants in a televised death game called the Death Jamboree. The game allows sixteen players to a match, which is small for a battle royale. However, it attempted to shake up the formula with the addition of Hunter enemies and by awarding points for stylish kills. Unfortunately,Deathverseonly received a lukewarm reception and a quickly declining player base.RELATED:Teppen Adds Dino Crisis Characters With Latest UpdateThe developer announcedDeathverse’s suspension of service with a tweet and blog post on January 6. The game’s servers will shut down on July 18 at 7:00 PM Pacific/10 PM Eastern. Before that, the game will stop selling its Death Metal premium currency at 5:59 PM Pacific/8:59 PM Eastern on February 7. However, players can still spend Death Metal on weapons, skins, and other items. The announcement also clarified thatDeathverse’s Season 2 content will still be released as planned. In addition, some of the scheduled Season 3 content will also release before the server shutdown.
The shutdown announcement acknowledgedsome of the issues withDeathverse: Let it Die, specifically its lag and matchmaking issues. However, while the developer reports having some success addressing these problems, Supertrick could not resolve the main underlying issues with the game. As a result, the studio has decided to shut downDeathverse’s servers while it works on redeveloping the game. It’s unclear how long this process will take, but Supertrick and GungHo seem confident that it will help bring the game to a larger audience.
While the PC and PS4 versions don’t have scores on Metacritic, thePS5 version ofDeathverse: Let it Diecurrently sits at 70%. The user reviews on Steam are also mixed, with 52% recommending the game.Deathverse’s music and itsDark Souls-inspired combat both proved popular. However, others complained of long matchmaking times of several minutes and the fact that most matches consist of fighting bots instead of players.
However, the matchmaking issues may be due to its lack of players. SteamDB reports a 24-hour peak of only 33 players, which is barely enough to fill two lobbies and represents a massive drop from its lifetime peak of 1,380. Hopefully, the relaunch will beenough to getDeathverse: Let it Dieback on its feet, but only time will tell.
Deathverse: Let it Dieis available on PC, PS4, and PS5.
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