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Dead Star is a multiplayer space combat shooter developed and published by Armature Studio, released on 5 April 2016 for PlayStation 4 and Steam.[1] On 18 October 2016, Armature Studio announced that online functionality for the game would cease on 1 November 2016.[2]
Background
The game's content was primarily online-only multiplayer.[1]
Server shutdown
The servers were taken offline on 1 November 2016, about seven months after launch. As the game's content is primarily online-only, the only accessible content after the shutdown is the game's tutorial.[3]
Armature Studio's response
Armature Studio said the cost of operating the servers had eclipsed the income generated by the game.[4] The game was removed from the PlayStation Network and Steam storefronts ahead of the shutdown.[4]
Consumer response
Because the shutdown rendered the purchased product unusable beyond its tutorial, the game is tracked by the Stop Killing Games project, which campaigns against the destruction of videogames after their commercial support ends.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Armature's space MOBA/shooter Dead Star is being shuttered seven months after release". Eurogamer. 19 Oct 2016. Archived from the original on 22 Oct 2026. Retrieved 22 Oct 2026.
- ↑ "important notice". Dead Star Game. 18 Oct 2016. Archived from the original on 21 Oct 2016. Retrieved 22 Oct 2026.
- ↑ "Dead Star (2016)". MobyGames. Retrieved 22 Oct 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Dead Star removed from PSN and Steam pending online server shutdown". Game Developer. Oct 2016. Archived from the original on 22 Oct 2026. Retrieved 22 Oct 2026.
- ↑ "Dead game list". Stop Killing Games Wiki. Retrieved 22 Oct 2026.