It’s odd to consider thatKillzoneused to be one of Sony’s biggest PlayStation game franchises.Killzone Shadow Fallreleased in 2013 as a PlayStation 4 launch game, but nearly nine years laterKillzonehas disappeared from PlayStation’s priorities. Fans of the franchise have been able to hold onto their experiences due to the continued support ofKillzone Shadow Fall’s multiplayer servers, at least. That’s now ended, unfortunately, with Sony pulling the plug on the last online-enabledKillzonegame servers.
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Those worried that these changes might impact their single-playerKillzoneexperiences don’t have to worry.Killzone Shadow FallandKillzone Mercenary’s campaigns are entirely offline. Players, regardless of whether they own the games physically or digitally, will be able to play the entire single-player experience without issue. Given the modern wave of online DRM leading to some single-player games becoming nonfunctioning, worries regardingKillzoneare fair. Luckily, there’s no such issue here.
The decision to shut downKillzone Shadow FallandKillzone Mercenary’s multiplayer servers did not come abruptly. DeveloperGuerrilla Gamesmade an announcement that servers would be going down on July 22. Just three weeks of advance notice isn’t necessarily much, but those who were hoping to try toKillzonemultiplayer one last time before servers went down definitely had plenty of time to do so.
What’s especially sad about the situation is that there is no modernKillzonerelease to take the place of those now going offline. There’s no olderKillzonemultiplayerexperience still available, either. This is the last ofKillzonemultiplayer, for better or worse. Fans will have to hope Guerrilla Games or PlayStation decides to bring the franchise back in the future.
Killzoneisn’t the only series impacted by recent the Sony decision to shut down online multiplayer servers. Also going offline today isRIGS: Mechanized Combat League’s servers. Other games that have gone offline includeEverybody’s Golf,Freedom Wars,LittleBigPlanet, andSoul Sacrifice. Odds are, Sony’s only going to continue taking PlayStation games offline going forward, though it’s unclear which games might be next.
