Treatment Leisure and Smilegate introduced that they are going to be shutting down CrossfireX on Could 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, now we have labored tirelessly to convey it to some extent the place we are able to all be proud, and all through all of it now we have had the dignity and pleasure of supporting our gamers,” CrossfireX’s growth staff stated in a press release.
It continued: “Coming to this determination was not simple, nonetheless, we are able to 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 need to thank each one in all our gamers for enjoying CrossfireX and being part of this journey with us.
It’s with deepest remorse that we should inform you of our determination to terminate our service for CrossfireX. We need to thank each one in all our gamers for enjoying 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 likely 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 Could. The in-game retailer will proceed to be open, however the choice to buy premium forex will likely be disabled. Gamers can nonetheless spend their remaining forex.
CrossfireX is the newest 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 stated, “CrossfireX’s pair of single-player shooter campaigns are sloppy, soulless, and mercifully temporary,” in addition to “CrossfireX’s multiplayer modes aren’t well worth the value 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 resembling Insider, Kotaku, NPR, and Selection.
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