Treatment Leisure and Smilegate introduced that they are going to be shutting down CrossfireX on Might 18, 2023. This announcement comes proper earlier than the sport’s one-year anniversary because it was launched on Xbox Sequence and Xbox One again on February 10, 2022.
“For the reason that launch of the sport, we’ve labored tirelessly to carry it to a degree the place we will all be proud, and all through all of it we’ve had the respect and pleasure of supporting our gamers,” CrossfireX’s growth workforce mentioned in a press release.
It continued: “Coming to this resolution was not straightforward, nonetheless, we will proudly say that our gamers have been amazingly lively, passionate, and enthusiastic in working with us to create a recreation that will be enjoyable and fulfilling by all. We wish to thank every one in every of our gamers for taking part in CrossfireX and being part of this journey with us.
It’s with deepest remorse that we should inform you of our resolution to terminate our service for CrossfireX. We wish to thank every one in every of our gamers for taking part in and being part of this journey with us. For full particulars, please go to: https://t.co/Kx03nYOmLA pic.twitter.com/Gl790Tn38T
— CrossfireX (@PlayCrossfireX) February 3, 2023
Gross sales for the sport on the Xbox Retailer have already been disabled, and there will probably be no new content material added to the sport, together with maps, modes, and camos. Moreover, purchases made inside the final 14 days as of February 3, 2023, are eligible for a refund.
Within the meantime, gamers can proceed to benefit from the recreation till its shutdown in Might. The in-game retailer will proceed to be open, however the choice to buy premium forex will probably be disabled. Gamers can nonetheless spend their remaining forex.
CrossfireX is the most recent live-service recreation to announce shutdowns this week—Rumbleverse and Knockout Metropolis, Crimesight, and Apex Legends Cellular are going offline later this 12 months too.
In IGN’s CrossfireX single-player and multiplayer evaluations, we mentioned, “CrossfireX’s pair of single-player shooter campaigns are sloppy, soulless, and mercifully transient,” in addition to “CrossfireX’s multiplayer modes aren’t definitely worth the worth you’ll pay…and it’s free-to-play.”
George Yang is a contract author for IGN. He is been writing concerning the business since 2019 and has labored with different publications akin to Insider, Kotaku, NPR, and Selection.
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