"Battle Season 3 and the associated Battle Pass will be the last that we have planned for the foreseeable future. "With the state of the current playerbase we're no longer in a position where working on Battlerite and Battlerite Royale are sustainable as main projects for the studio," Stunlock say. "While players are willing to try out Battlerite and Battlerite Royale for a while, retaining them has always been our biggest challenge."Ĭompetition for attention and playtime between free-to-play multiplayer games is fierce. "We've seen declining player numbers and player investment for a while now, and diminishing returns on all of our latest gameplay changes and marketing campaigns," Stunlock explained in yesterday's announcement. Our Matt gushed praised in his Battlerite review and enjoyed his time with Royale but, alas, they've just not found the players they need. Stunlock Studios reassure players that the games aren't shutting down and they might return to them, but right now they have no plans for more big updates after Season 3, which starts next week. The makers of Battlerite and its spin-off Battlerite Royale have announced plans to 'scale back' development of their free-to-play MOBA-ish multiplayer murderzones, saying the two simply aren't doing well enough to be their main focuses.
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