EA Scraps MOBA Offering, Dawngate
Dawngate, Electronic Art’s (EA) Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) offering meant to compete with League of Legends (LoL) by Riot Games and Dota 2 by Valve, was cancelled today after six months in open beta testing.
In a statement released by Waystone Game’s general manager Matthew Bromberg, the company chose to cancel the MOBA title citing that the project failed to meet the expectations they have set. After 18 months in beta and six months in open beta, the project has been scrapped.
“Today, I have the unenviable task of announcing that we’ve decided to stop development of Dawngate. I know this is disappointing news for our community, which has been so supportive and loyal. To all of you who have graciously given us your time and valuable feedback during our beta period, we’d first like to thank you,” said Bromberg in a statement.
“Whenever we begin a game project, we do so with great hopes and expectations. In this case, we chose to enter a new genre for EA in MOBA, one that we knew going in was extremely competitive,” he added. “Through that time, we’ve taken a lot of feedback from players and delivered lots of new features and innovations. And although the game has grown, we’re not seeing the progress we’d hoped for. This isn’t the outcome we wanted.”
The game will continue to be available in its open beta state for a period of 90 days before being shut down for good. Those who spent money during the open beta will be offered refunds.
Source: Dawngate
Via: Gamespot
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