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Last week, Robot Entertainment announced that their free-to-play third-person action/tower defense-ish game, Orcs Must Die! Unchained, will be coming to an end this April. Sadly, it sounds like this attempt to shift the popular franchise to the 'games as a service' model didn't pan out for the Texas-based developer.
The announcement was made by Patrick Hudson, Robot's CEO, on the game's official website. The main reason for the forthcoming shutdown? Orcs Must Die! Unchained just wasn't profitable, and it wasn't the only title in that boat. Fans of Hero Academy and its sequel will also be sad to hear that those games will also be shutdown on April 8, 2019. As these titles are all tied directly into the servers, once those are gone, you won't be able to play them anymore whatsoever.
From the official announcement:
Making and supporting a game is a long and challenging journey. Along the way, there are plenty of highs and plenty of lows. The communities who play our games join us on these journeys. We know this decision affects our players as much as it does us...
We've kept these games operating at a financial loss for many months. Unfortunately, it's no longer sustainable for us to do so...
We must shift our focus to future games and make our investments there. Orcs Must Die! Unchained and Hero Academy 2 have been unable to maintain a sufficient player base to cover the operational costs to keep the games running. The original Hero Academy has been technically obsolete for a long time now.
The one silver lining? If you log in at any point prior to the shutdown, you'll get a heap of in-game and premium currencies to spend on whatever you choose. It may not be much, but if you've been hankering for the kind of action Orcs Must Die! Unchained has to offer, then getting a bunch of stuff for free for a couple months ain't too bad.
Finally, it's worth noting that while you can create a new account and download the game for now, Robot Entertainment will be removing that functionality 'over the course of the next 90 days.' So if you and your buddies are interested in checking it out, you might want to get it quick before you're locked out.
Orcs Must Die! Unchained supports three player online co-op in the Survival and Endless modes. The game is available on PC and PlayStation 4.
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This weekend, March 17-20, Orcs Must Die! Unchained will be holding a stress test for all current closed beta testers to prepare the servers for the imminent open beta. Gamers that log into OMDU during this stress test will be awarded with a free classic War Mage skin from the original Orcs Must Die! to celebrate their efforts to help test the servers. This skin will be carried over into Open Beta, which will be launching very soon.
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In conjunction with this stress test, ORCS MUST DIE! UNCHAINED has been updated to include a new map as well as numerous other changes and enhancements. Key changes and updates include:
New Map – Shark Island
A trading outpost hastily built near Dusty River to capitalize on its mining boom (but far enough from shore to not pay tariffs), Shark Island has always been a haven for predators of all types–not just the sharks that give the port its name. When the boom went bust, Shark Island was abandoned by the Territories Humaine and became a hideout for the Unchained. Pirates, the Sidewinder Gang, and orcs have all taken refuge here, luring sharks with grisly meals supplied by their frequent petty battles and plank-walking. Recently however, the Order and the remaining citizens of Dusty River have worked to reclaim Shark Isle from the Unchained–but they should beware. The sharks of Shark Isle can smell there’s a battle ahead and are working themselves into a frenzy. Only those who can stay out of the water, find the secret Captain’s Causeway, and parlay with Scurvy Rumrudder will come out alive.
A trading outpost hastily built near Dusty River to capitalize on its mining boom (but far enough from shore to not pay tariffs), Shark Island has always been a haven for predators of all types–not just the sharks that give the port its name. When the boom went bust, Shark Island was abandoned by the Territories Humaine and became a hideout for the Unchained. Pirates, the Sidewinder Gang, and orcs have all taken refuge here, luring sharks with grisly meals supplied by their frequent petty battles and plank-walking. Recently however, the Order and the remaining citizens of Dusty River have worked to reclaim Shark Isle from the Unchained–but they should beware. The sharks of Shark Isle can smell there’s a battle ahead and are working themselves into a frenzy. Only those who can stay out of the water, find the secret Captain’s Causeway, and parlay with Scurvy Rumrudder will come out alive.
Survival Battlegrounds Difficulty Rebalance
Robot has changed the progression curves for Survival to exponential scaling from linear scaling. This means that upper-level Battlegrounds still feel very challenging to high-level players.
Robot has changed the progression curves for Survival to exponential scaling from linear scaling. This means that upper-level Battlegrounds still feel very challenging to high-level players.
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More Rewards
Players now receive increasing awards for up to 20 logins per month. Players will also benefit from bonus experience for long games and beating a Survival level.
Players now receive increasing awards for up to 20 logins per month. Players will also benefit from bonus experience for long games and beating a Survival level.
New Player Walkthrough Improvements
New players will be better introduced to the Dashboard UI once they see it, and will also be able to complete a new tutorial for the Siege mode.
New players will be better introduced to the Dashboard UI once they see it, and will also be able to complete a new tutorial for the Siege mode.
Detailed patch notes for the latest ORCS MUST DIE! UNCHAINED update can be found here.
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