Star Wars Eclipse Development "Continues" As Studio Cancels MOBA Months After Launch
Overview & Key Takeaways
French studio Quantic Dream is shutting down its first live-service game, but it also gave proof of life to the elusive Star Wars Eclipse.
Spellcasters Chronicles launched in February as the studio's effort to incorporate "community-driven" narrative elements into an ongoing multiplayer game. The free-to-play early-access title, which features MOBA and deckbuilding gameplay mechanics, is shutting down on June 19. Quantic Dream promised refunds for anyone who spent money on the game.
Quantic Dream also mentions that development of Star Wars Eclipse, which was announced all the way back in 2021, is "not affected by this decision and continues as planned."
French studio Quantic Dream is shutting down its first live-service game, but it also gave proof of life to the elusive Star Wars Eclipse.
Spellcasters Chronicles launched in February as the studio’s effort to incorporate “community-driven” narrative elements into an ongoing multiplayer game. The free-to-play early-access title, which features MOBA and deckbuilding gameplay mechanics, is shutting down on June 19. Quantic Dream promised refunds for anyone who spent money on the game.
Quantic Dream also mentions that development of Star Wars Eclipse, which was announced all the way back in 2021, is “not affected by this decision and continues as planned.”
The studio cited “today’s particularly challenging market environment” for the shutdown and mentions a planned “internal reorganization.” Quantic Dream’s statement does not make it clear if this reorganization will include layoffs, but it does say that the company will prioritize “internal reassignments wherever possible.”
When Quantic Dream unveiled Spellcasters Chronicles in October, the studio insisted that Star Wars Eclipse was still in the works. “Of course, development of Star Wars Eclipse continues, and we are eager to share more with you in the future,” wrote Quantic Dream boss David Cage at the time. A report in April cast the title’s status in doubt, however, alleging that development was progressing slowly and that Quantic Dream’s parent company NetEase would reevaluate the project if Spellcasters Chronicles underperformed.
While the studio’s most recent statement about Eclipse might be an attempt to assuage doubts, it’s hard to believe anything about the game until we see it. Meanwhile, Spellcasters Chronicles is only the latest addition to the graveyard of failed live-service games.
